The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday May 13, 2018 (NIV)

1 Samuel 14

14 That same day Saul’s son Jonathan said to the attendant who carried his weapons, “Come on, let’s cross over to the Philistine garrison on the other side.” However, he did not tell his father.

Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron(A) on the outskirts of Gibeah.[a](B) The troops with him numbered about six hundred.(C) Ahijah,(D) who was wearing an ephod,(E) was also there. He was the son of Ahitub, the brother of Ichabod(F) son of Phinehas, son of Eli the Lord’s priest at Shiloh.(G) But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.

There were sharp columns[b] of rock on both sides of the pass(H) that Jonathan intended to cross to reach the Philistine garrison. One was named Bozez and the other Seneh; one stood to the north in front of Michmash and the other to the south in front of Geba. Jonathan said to the attendant who carried his weapons, “Come on, let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men.(I) Perhaps the Lord will help us. Nothing can keep the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.”(J)

His armor-bearer responded, “Do what is in your heart. You choose. I’m right here with you whatever you decide.”

“All right,” Jonathan replied, “we’ll cross over to the men and then let them see us. If they say, ‘Wait until we reach you,’ then we will stay where we are and not go up to them. 10 But if they say, ‘Come on up,’ then we’ll go up, because the Lord has handed them over to us—that will be our sign.”

11 They let themselves be seen by the Philistine garrison, and the Philistines said, “Look, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they’ve been hiding!” 12 The men of the garrison called to Jonathan and his armor-bearer. “Come on up, and we’ll teach you a lesson!” they said.

“Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the Lord has handed them over to Israel.”(K) 13 Jonathan climbed up using his hands and feet, with his armor-bearer behind him. Jonathan cut them down, and his armor-bearer followed and finished them off. 14 In that first assault Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck down about twenty men in a half-acre field.

A Defeat for the Philistines

15 Terror spread through the Philistine camp and the open fields to all the troops. Even the garrison and the raiding parties(L) were terrified. The earth shook,(M) and terror spread from God.[c](N) 16 When Saul’s watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, they saw the panicking troops scattering in every direction. 17 So Saul said to the troops with him, “Call the roll and determine who has left us.” They called the roll and saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were gone.

18 Saul told Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God,” for it was with the Israelites[d] at that time. 19 While Saul spoke to the priest,(O) the panic in the Philistine camp increased in intensity. So Saul said to the priest, “Stop what you’re doing.”[e]

20 Saul and all the troops with him assembled and marched to the battle, and there the Philistines were, fighting against each other in great confusion!(P) 21 There were Hebrews from the area who had gone earlier into the camp to join the Philistines, but even they joined the Israelites(Q) who were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 When all the Israelite men who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim(R) heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined Saul and Jonathan in the battle. 23 So the Lord saved Israel that day.(S)

Saul’s Rash Oath

The battle extended beyond Beth-aven, 24 and the men of Israel were worn out that day, for Saul had[f] placed the troops under an oath:(T) “The man who eats food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies is cursed.” So none of the troops tasted any food.

25 Everyone[g] went into the forest, and there was honey on the ground. 26 When the troops entered the forest, they saw the flow of honey, but none of them ate any of it[h] because they feared the oath. 27 However, Jonathan had not heard his father make the troops swear the oath. He reached out with the end of the staff he was carrying and dipped it into the honeycomb.(U) When he ate the honey,[i] he had renewed energy.[j](V) 28 Then one of the troops said, “Your father made the troops solemnly swear, ‘The man who eats food today is cursed,’ and the troops are exhausted.”

29 Jonathan replied, “My father has brought trouble to the land.(W) Just look at how I have renewed energy[k] because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much better if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Then the slaughter of the Philistines would have been much greater.”

31 The Israelites struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash(X) all the way to Aijalon.(Y) Since the Israelites were completely exhausted, 32 they rushed to the plunder,(Z) took sheep, goats, cattle, and calves, slaughtered them on the ground, and ate meat with the blood still in it. 33 Some reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the Lord by eating meat with the blood still in it.”(AA)

Saul said, “You have been unfaithful. Roll a large stone over here at once.” 34 He then said, “Go among the troops and say to them, ‘Let each man bring me his ox or his sheep. Do the slaughtering here and then you can eat. Don’t sin against the Lord by eating meat with the blood in it.’” So every one of the troops brought his ox that night and slaughtered it there. 35 Then Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar to the Lord.(AB)

36 Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines tonight and plunder them until morning. Don’t let even one remain!”

“Do whatever you want,”[l] the troops replied.

But the priest(AC) said, “Let’s approach God here.”(AD)

37 So Saul inquired of God,(AE) “Should I go after the Philistines? Will you hand them over to Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.(AF)

38 Saul said, “All you leaders of the troops, come here. Let us investigate[m] how this sin has occurred today. 39 As surely as the Lord lives who saves Israel, even if it is because of my son Jonathan, he must die!” Not one of the troops answered him.

40 So he said to all Israel, “You will be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.”

And the troops replied, “Do whatever you want.”

41 So Saul said to the Lord, “God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant today? If the unrighteousness is in me or in my son Jonathan, Lord God of Israel, give Urim; but if the fault is in your people Israel, give Thummim.”[n](AG) Jonathan and Saul were selected, and the troops were cleared of the charge.

42 Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan,” and Jonathan was selected. 43 Saul commanded him, “Tell me what you did.”(AH)

Jonathan told him, “I tasted a little honey(AI) with the end of the staff I was carrying. I am ready to die!”

44 Saul declared to him, “May God punish me and do so severely(AJ) if you do not die, Jonathan!”

45 But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die, who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? No, as the Lord lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground,(AK) for he worked with God’s help today.”(AL) So the people redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die. 46 Then Saul gave up the pursuit of the Philistines, and the Philistines returned to their own territory.

Summary of Saul’s Kingship

47 When Saul assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies in every direction: against Moab, the Ammonites,(AM) Edom, the kings of Zobah,(AN) and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he caused havoc.[o] 48 He fought bravely, defeated the Amalekites,(AO) and rescued Israel from those who plundered them.

49 Saul’s sons(AP) were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. The names of his two daughters were Merab,(AQ) his firstborn, and Michal,(AR) the younger. 50 The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner son of Saul’s uncle Ner.(AS) 51 Saul’s father was Kish.(AT) Abner’s father was Ner son of Abiel.

52 The conflict with the Philistines was fierce all of Saul’s days, so whenever Saul noticed any strong or valiant man, he enlisted him.(AU)

Footnotes:

  1. 14:2 LXX reads on top of the hill
  2. 14:4 Lit There was a tooth
  3. 14:15 Or and a great terror spread
  4. 14:18 LXX reads “Bring the ephod.” For he wore the ephod before Israel
  5. 14:19 Lit “Withdraw your hand”
  6. 14:24 LXX adds committed a great act of ignorance and
  7. 14:25 Lit All the land
  8. 14:26 Lit but there was none who raised his hand to his mouth
  9. 14:27 Lit he returned his hand to his mouth
  10. 14:27 Lit his eyes became bright
  11. 14:29 Lit how my eyes became bright
  12. 14:36 Lit Do what is good in your eyes, also in v. 40
  13. 14:38 Lit know and see
  14. 14:41 LXX; MT reads said to the Lord, “God of Israel, give us the right decision.”
  15. 14:47 LXX reads he was victorious
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John 7:31-53

31 However, many from the crowd believed in him and said, “When the Messiah comes, he won’t perform more signs than this man has done,(A) will he?” 32 The Pharisees(B) heard the crowd murmuring these things about him, and so the chief priests(C) and the Pharisees sent servants[a] to arrest him.

33 Then Jesus said, “I am only with you for a short time.(D) Then I’m going to the one who sent me.(E) 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”(F)

35 Then the Jews(G) said to one another, “Where does he intend to go so we won’t find him? He doesn’t intend to go to the Jewish people dispersed[b](H) among the Greeks(I) and teach the Greeks, does he? 36 What is this remark he made: ‘You will look for me, and you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come’(J)?”

The Promise of the Spirit

37 On the last and most important day of the festival,(K) Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me[c](L) and drink.(M) 38 The one who believes in me,(N) as the Scripture(O) has said, will have streams of living water(P) flow(Q) from deep within him.” 39 He said this about the Spirit.(R) Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit,(S) for the Spirit[d] had not yet been given[e] because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

The People Are Divided over Jesus

40 When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This truly is the Prophet.”(T) 41 Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does he? 42 Doesn’t the Scripture(U) say that the Messiah comes from David’s(V) offspring[f] and from the town of Bethlehem,(W) where David lived?” 43 So the crowd was divided(X) because of him. 44 Some of them wanted to seize him,(Y) but no one laid hands on him.

Debate over Jesus’s Claims

45 Then the servants(Z) came to the chief priests(AA) and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”

46 The servants answered, “No man ever spoke like this!”[g](AB)

47 Then the Pharisees responded to them: “Are you fooled(AC) too? 48 Have any of the rulers(AD) or Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed.”

50 Nicodemus(AE)—the one who came to him previously and who was one of them—said to them, 51 “Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”(AF)

52 “You aren’t from Galilee(AG) too, are you?” they replied. “Investigate and you will see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”(AH)

[The earliest mss do not include 7:53–8:11.][h]

[53 Then each one went to his house.

Footnotes:

  1. 7:32 Or temple police, or officers, also in vv. 45,46
  2. 7:35 Gk diaspora; Jewish people scattered throughout Gentile lands
  3. 7:37 Other mss omit to me
  4. 7:39 Other mss read Holy Spirit
  5. 7:39 Lit the Spirit was not yet
  6. 7:42 Lit seed
  7. 7:46 Other mss read like this man
  8. 7:53-8:11 Other mss include all or some of the passage after Jn 7:36,44,52; 21:25; or Lk 21:38.
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Psalm 109

Psalm 109

Prayer against an Enemy

For the choir director. A psalm of David.

God of my praise, do not be silent.(A)

For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me;
they speak against me with lying tongues.(B)
They surround me with hateful words
and attack me without cause.(C)
In return for my love they accuse me,
but I continue to pray.[a](D)
They repay me evil for good,
and hatred for my love.(E)

Set a wicked person over him;
let an accuser[b] stand at his right hand.(F)
When he is judged, let him be found guilty,
and let his prayer be counted as sin.(G)
Let his days be few;
let another take over his position.(H)
Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.(I)
10 Let his children wander as beggars,
searching for food far[c] from their demolished homes.(J)
11 Let a creditor seize all he has;
let strangers plunder what he has worked for.(K)
12 Let no one show him kindness,
and let no one be gracious to his fatherless children.(L)
13 Let the line of his descendants be cut off;
let their name be blotted out in the next generation.(M)
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers
be remembered before the Lord,(N)
and do not let his mother’s sin be blotted out.(O)
15 Let their sins[d] always remain before the Lord,
and let him remove[e] all memory of them from the earth.(P)

16 For he did not think to show kindness,
but pursued the suffering, needy, and brokenhearted
in order to put them to death.(Q)
17 He loved cursing—let it fall on him;
he took no delight in blessing—let it be far from him.(R)
18 He wore cursing like his coat—
let it enter his body like water
and go into his bones like oil.(S)
19 Let it be like a robe he wraps around himself,
like a belt he always wears.(T)
20 Let this be the Lord’s payment to my accusers,
to those who speak evil against me.(U)

21 But you, Lord, my Lord,
deal kindly with me for your name’s sake;(V)
because your faithful love is good, rescue me.(W)
22 For I am suffering and needy;(X)
my heart is wounded within me.(Y)
23 I fade away like a lengthening shadow;(Z)
I am shaken off like a locust.
24 My knees are weak from fasting,
and my body is emaciated.[f](AA)
25 I have become an object of ridicule to my accusers;[g]
when they see me, they shake their heads in scorn.(AB)

26 Help me, Lord my God;
save me according to your faithful love(AC)
27 so they may know that this is your hand
and that you, Lord, have done it.(AD)
28 Though they curse, you will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but your servant will rejoice.(AE)
29 My accusers will be clothed with disgrace;
they will wear their shame like a cloak.(AF)
30 I will fervently thank the Lord with my mouth;
I will praise him in the presence of many.(AG)
31 For he stands at the right hand of the needy
to save him from those who would condemn him.(AH)

Footnotes:

  1. 109:4 Lit but I, prayer
  2. 109:6 Or adversary
  3. 109:10 LXX reads beggars, driven far
  4. 109:15 Lit Let them
  5. 109:15 Or cut off
  6. 109:24 Lit denied from fat
  7. 109:25 Lit to them
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Proverbs 15:5-7

A fool despises his father’s discipline,
but a person who accepts correction is sensible.(A)

The house of the righteous has great wealth,
but trouble accompanies the income of the wicked.

The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge,
but not so the heart of fools.

Cross references:

  1. 15:5 : Pr 3:11; 12:1; 15:31-33
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday May 12, 2018 (NIV)

1 Samuel 12-13

Samuel’s Farewell Speech

12 Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened(A) to everything you said to me and have set a king(B) over you. Now you have a king as your leader.(C) As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons(D) are here with you. I have been your leader from my youth until this day. Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the Lord and his anointed.(E) Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey(F) have I taken? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe(G) to make me shut my eyes? If I have done(H) any of these things, I will make it right.”(I)

“You have not cheated or oppressed us,” they replied. “You have not taken anything from anyone’s hand.”

Samuel said to them, “The Lord is witness(J) against you, and also his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything(K) in my hand.(L)

“He is witness,” they said.

Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought(M) your ancestors up out of Egypt. Now then, stand(N) here, because I am going to confront(O) you with evidence before the Lord as to all the righteous acts(P) performed by the Lord for you and your ancestors.

“After Jacob(Q) entered Egypt, they cried(R) to the Lord for help, and the Lord sent(S) Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

“But they forgot(T) the Lord their God; so he sold them(U) into the hand of Sisera,(V) the commander of the army of Hazor,(W) and into the hands of the Philistines(X) and the king of Moab,(Y) who fought against them. 10 They cried(Z) out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken(AA) the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths.(AB) But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ 11 Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal,[a](AC) Barak,[b](AD) Jephthah(AE) and Samuel,[c](AF) and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.

12 “But when you saw that Nahash(AG) king(AH) of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule(AI) over us’—even though the Lord your God was your king. 13 Now here is the king(AJ) you have chosen, the one you asked(AK) for; see, the Lord has set a king over you. 14 If you fear(AL) the Lord and serve and obey him and do not rebel(AM) against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the Lord your God—good! 15 But if you do not obey the Lord, and if you rebel against(AN) his commands, his hand will be against you, as it was against your ancestors.

16 “Now then, stand still(AO) and see(AP) this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes! 17 Is it not wheat harvest(AQ) now? I will call(AR) on the Lord to send thunder(AS) and rain.(AT) And you will realize what an evil(AU) thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king.”

18 Then Samuel called on the Lord,(AV) and that same day the Lord sent thunder and rain. So all the people stood in awe(AW) of the Lord and of Samuel.

19 The people all said to Samuel, “Pray(AX) to the Lord your God for your servants so that we will not die,(AY) for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king.”

20 “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “You have done all this evil;(AZ) yet do not turn away from the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21 Do not turn away after useless(BA) idols.(BB) They can do you no good, nor can they rescue you, because they are useless. 22 For the sake(BC) of his great name(BD) the Lord will not reject(BE) his people, because the Lord was pleased to make(BF) you his own. 23 As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray(BG) for you. And I will teach(BH) you the way that is good and right. 24 But be sure to fear(BI) the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart;(BJ) consider(BK) what great(BL) things he has done for you. 25 Yet if you persist(BM) in doing evil, both you and your king(BN) will perish.”(BO)

Samuel Rebukes Saul

13 Saul was thirty[d] years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-[e] two years.

Saul chose three thousand men from Israel; two thousand(BP) were with him at Mikmash(BQ) and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah(BR) in Benjamin. The rest of the men he sent back to their homes.

Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost(BS) at Geba,(BT) and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul had the trumpet(BU) blown throughout the land and said, “Let the Hebrews hear!” So all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel has become obnoxious(BV) to the Philistines.” And the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

The Philistines assembled(BW) to fight Israel, with three thousand[f] chariots, six thousand charioteers, and soldiers as numerous as the sand(BX) on the seashore. They went up and camped at Mikmash,(BY) east of Beth Aven.(BZ) When the Israelites saw that their situation was critical and that their army was hard pressed, they hid(CA) in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in pits and cisterns.(CB) Some Hebrews even crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad(CC) and Gilead.

Saul remained at Gilgal, and all the troops with him were quaking(CD) with fear. He waited seven(CE) days, the time set by Samuel; but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and Saul’s men began to scatter. So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.” And Saul offered(CF) up the burnt offering. 10 Just as he finished making the offering, Samuel(CG) arrived, and Saul went out to greet(CH) him.

11 “What have you done?” asked Samuel.

Saul replied, “When I saw that the men were scattering, and that you did not come at the set time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Mikmash,(CI) 12 I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal,(CJ) and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.(CK)’ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

13 “You have done a foolish thing,(CL)” Samuel said. “You have not kept(CM) the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.(CN) 14 But now your kingdom(CO) will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart(CP) and appointed(CQ) him ruler(CR) of his people, because you have not kept(CS) the Lord’s command.”

15 Then Samuel left Gilgal[g] and went up to Gibeah(CT) in Benjamin, and Saul counted the men who were with him. They numbered about six hundred.(CU)

Israel Without Weapons

16 Saul and his son Jonathan and the men with them were staying in Gibeah[h](CV) in Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Mikmash. 17 Raiding(CW) parties went out from the Philistine camp in three detachments. One turned toward Ophrah(CX) in the vicinity of Shual, 18 another toward Beth Horon,(CY) and the third toward the borderland overlooking the Valley of Zeboyim(CZ) facing the wilderness.

19 Not a blacksmith(DA) could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!(DB) 20 So all Israel went down to the Philistines to have their plow points, mattocks, axes and sickles[i] sharpened. 21 The price was two-thirds of a shekel[j] for sharpening plow points and mattocks, and a third of a shekel[k] for sharpening forks and axes and for repointing goads.

22 So on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan(DC) had a sword or spear(DD) in his hand; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

Jonathan Attacks the Philistines

23 Now a detachment of Philistines had gone out to the pass(DE) at Mikmash.(DF)

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Samuel 12:11 Also called Gideon
  2. 1 Samuel 12:11 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew Bedan
  3. 1 Samuel 12:11 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac Samson
  4. 1 Samuel 13:1 A few late manuscripts of the Septuagint; Hebrew does not have thirty.
  5. 1 Samuel 13:1 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text (see Acts 13:21); Masoretic Text does not have forty-.
  6. 1 Samuel 13:5 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew thirty thousand
  7. 1 Samuel 13:15 Hebrew; Septuagint Gilgal and went his way; the rest of the people went after Saul to meet the army, and they went out of Gilgal
  8. 1 Samuel 13:16 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts Geba, a variant of Gibeah
  9. 1 Samuel 13:20 Septuagint; Hebrew plow points
  10. 1 Samuel 13:21 That is, about 1/4 ounce or about 8 grams
  11. 1 Samuel 13:21 That is, about 1/8 ounce or about 4 grams

Cross references:

  1. 1 Samuel 12:1 : S 1Sa 8:7
  2. 1 Samuel 12:1 : 1Sa 11:15
  3. 1 Samuel 12:2 : S 1Sa 8:5
  4. 1 Samuel 12:2 : 1Sa 8:3
  5. 1 Samuel 12:3 : S 1Sa 9:16; 24:6; 26:9, 11; 2Sa 1:14; 19:21; Ps 105:15
  6. 1 Samuel 12:3 : Nu 16:15
  7. 1 Samuel 12:3 : S Ex 18:21; S 1Sa 8:3
  8. 1 Samuel 12:3 : Ex 20:17; Ac 20:33
  9. 1 Samuel 12:3 : S Lev 25:14
  10. 1 Samuel 12:5 : S Ge 31:50
  11. 1 Samuel 12:5 : Ac 23:9; 24:20
  12. 1 Samuel 12:5 : Ex 22:4
  13. 1 Samuel 12:6 : S Ex 3:10; Mic 6:4
  14. 1 Samuel 12:7 : S Jos 24:1
  15. 1 Samuel 12:7 : Isa 1:18; 3:14; Jer 2:9; 25:31; Eze 17:20; 20:35; Mic 6:1-5
  16. 1 Samuel 12:7 : S Jdg 5:11
  17. 1 Samuel 12:8 : S Ge 46:6
  18. 1 Samuel 12:8 : S Ex 2:23
  19. 1 Samuel 12:8 : S Ex 3:10; 4:16
  20. 1 Samuel 12:9 : S Dt 32:18; S Jdg 3:7
  21. 1 Samuel 12:9 : S Dt 32:30
  22. 1 Samuel 12:9 : Jdg 4:2
  23. 1 Samuel 12:9 : S Jos 11:1
  24. 1 Samuel 12:9 : Jdg 10:7
  25. 1 Samuel 12:9 : Jdg 3:12
  26. 1 Samuel 12:10 : S Jdg 3:9
  27. 1 Samuel 12:10 : S 1Sa 8:8
  28. 1 Samuel 12:10 : S 1Sa 7:3
  29. 1 Samuel 12:11 : Jdg 6:32
  30. 1 Samuel 12:11 : S Jdg 4:6
  31. 1 Samuel 12:11 : S Jdg 11:1
  32. 1 Samuel 12:11 : S 1Sa 7:15
  33. 1 Samuel 12:12 : S 1Sa 11:1
  34. 1 Samuel 12:12 : S 1Sa 8:5
  35. 1 Samuel 12:12 : 1Sa 25:30; 2Sa 5:2; 1Ch 5:2
  36. 1 Samuel 12:13 : S 1Sa 8:5
  37. 1 Samuel 12:13 : S 1Sa 9:20
  38. 1 Samuel 12:14 : S Jos 24:14
  39. 1 Samuel 12:14 : Jer 4:17; La 1:18
  40. 1 Samuel 12:15 : Lev 26:16; Jos 24:20; Isa 1:20; Jer 4:17; 26:4
  41. 1 Samuel 12:16 : S Ex 14:14
  42. 1 Samuel 12:16 : S Ex 14:13
  43. 1 Samuel 12:17 : S Ge 30:14; S 1Sa 6:13
  44. 1 Samuel 12:17 : 1Ki 18:42; Jas 5:18
  45. 1 Samuel 12:17 : S Ex 9:23; S 1Sa 2:10
  46. 1 Samuel 12:17 : Ge 7:12; Ex 9:18; Job 37:13; Pr 26:1
  47. 1 Samuel 12:17 : S 1Sa 8:6-7
  48. 1 Samuel 12:18 : Ps 99:6
  49. 1 Samuel 12:18 : S Ge 3:10; S Ex 14:31
  50. 1 Samuel 12:19 : S Ex 8:8; S 1Sa 7:8; S Jer 37:3; Jas 5:18; 1Jn 5:16
  51. 1 Samuel 12:19 : S Dt 9:19
  52. 1 Samuel 12:20 : S Ex 32:30
  53. 1 Samuel 12:21 : Isa 40:20; 41:24, 29; 44:9; Jer 2:5, 11; 14:22; 16:19; Jnh 2:8; Hab 2:18; Ac 14:15
  54. 1 Samuel 12:21 : Dt 11:16
  55. 1 Samuel 12:22 : Ps 25:11; 106:8; Isa 48:9, 11; Jer 14:7; Da 9:19
  56. 1 Samuel 12:22 : S Jos 7:9; 2Sa 7:23; Jn 17:12
  57. 1 Samuel 12:22 : S Lev 26:11; S Dt 31:6
  58. 1 Samuel 12:22 : Dt 7:7; 1Pe 2:9
  59. 1 Samuel 12:23 : S Nu 11:2; S 1Sa 1:20; S 7:8; Ro 1:9-10
  60. 1 Samuel 12:23 : 1Ki 8:36; Ps 25:4; 34:11; 86:11; 94:12; Pr 4:11
  61. 1 Samuel 12:24 : Dt 6:2; Ecc 12:13
  62. 1 Samuel 12:24 : Dt 6:5; S Jos 24:14
  63. 1 Samuel 12:24 : Job 34:27; Isa 5:12; 22:11; 26:10
  64. 1 Samuel 12:24 : S Dt 10:21
  65. 1 Samuel 12:25 : 1Sa 31:1-5
  66. 1 Samuel 12:25 : Dt 28:36
  67. 1 Samuel 12:25 : S Jos 24:20; S 1Ki 14:10
  68. 1 Samuel 13:2 : ver 15
  69. 1 Samuel 13:2 : ver 5, 11, 23; Ne 11:31; Isa 10:28
  70. 1 Samuel 13:2 : S Jdg 19:14
  71. 1 Samuel 13:3 : S 1Sa 10:5
  72. 1 Samuel 13:3 : S Jos 18:24
  73. 1 Samuel 13:3 : S Lev 25:9; S Jdg 3:27
  74. 1 Samuel 13:4 : S Ge 34:30
  75. 1 Samuel 13:5 : 1Sa 17:1
  76. 1 Samuel 13:5 : S Jos 11:4; Rev 20:8
  77. 1 Samuel 13:5 : S ver 2
  78. 1 Samuel 13:5 : S Jos 7:2
  79. 1 Samuel 13:6 : 1Sa 14:11, 22
  80. 1 Samuel 13:6 : S Jdg 6:2; Eze 33:27
  81. 1 Samuel 13:7 : S Nu 32:33
  82. 1 Samuel 13:7 : S Ge 35:5; S Ex 19:16
  83. 1 Samuel 13:8 : 1Sa 10:8
  84. 1 Samuel 13:9 : Dt 12:5-14; 2Sa 24:25; 1Ki 3:4
  85. 1 Samuel 13:10 : 1Sa 15:13
  86. 1 Samuel 13:10 : 1Sa 25:14
  87. 1 Samuel 13:11 : S ver 2
  88. 1 Samuel 13:12 : S Jos 10:43
  89. 1 Samuel 13:12 : S Dt 4:29; Ps 119:58; Jer 26:19
  90. 1 Samuel 13:13 : 2Ch 16:9
  91. 1 Samuel 13:13 : ver 14; S Jos 22:16; 1Sa 15:23, 24; 2Sa 7:15; 1Ch 10:13
  92. 1 Samuel 13:13 : Ps 72:5
  93. 1 Samuel 13:14 : 1Sa 15:28; 18:8; 24:20; 1Ch 10:14
  94. 1 Samuel 13:14 : Ac 7:46; 13:22
  95. 1 Samuel 13:14 : 2Sa 6:21
  96. 1 Samuel 13:14 : 1Sa 25:30; 2Sa 5:2; Ps 18:43; Isa 16:5; 55:4; Jer 30:9; Eze 34:23-24; 37:24; Da 9:25; Hos 3:5; Mic 5:2
  97. 1 Samuel 13:14 : 1Sa 15:26; 16:1; 2Sa 12:9; 1Ki 13:21; Hos 13:11
  98. 1 Samuel 13:15 : 1Sa 14:2
  99. 1 Samuel 13:15 : ver 2
  100. 1 Samuel 13:16 : S Jos 18:24
  101. 1 Samuel 13:17 : 1Sa 14:15
  102. 1 Samuel 13:17 : S Jos 18:23
  103. 1 Samuel 13:18 : S Jos 10:10
  104. 1 Samuel 13:18 : Ne 11:34
  105. 1 Samuel 13:19 : S Ge 4:22
  106. 1 Samuel 13:19 : S Nu 25:7
  107. 1 Samuel 13:22 : 1Ch 9:39
  108. 1 Samuel 13:22 : S Nu 25:7; 1Sa 14:6; 17:47; Zec 4:6
  109. 1 Samuel 13:23 : 1Sa 14:4
  110. 1 Samuel 13:23 : S ver 2
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John 7:1-30

Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles

After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders(A) there were looking for a way to kill him.(B) But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles(C) was near, Jesus’ brothers(D) said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” For even his own brothers did not believe in him.(E)

Therefore Jesus told them, “My time(F) is not yet here; for you any time will do. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(G) because I testify that its works are evil.(H) You go to the festival. I am not[b] going up to this festival, because my time(I) has not yet fully come.” After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.

10 However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. 11 Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus(J) and asking, “Where is he?”

12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”

Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”(K) 13 But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.(L)

Jesus Teaches at the Festival

14 Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.(M) 15 The Jews(N) there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning(O) without having been taught?”(P)

16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.(Q) 17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(R) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. 18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory,(S) but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. 19 Has not Moses given you the law?(T) Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”(U)

20 “You are demon-possessed,”(V) the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”

21 Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle,(W) and you are all amazed. 22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision(X) (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs),(Y) you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. 23 Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”(Z)

Division Over Who Jesus Is

25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?(AA) 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities(AB) really concluded that he is the Messiah?(AC) 27 But we know where this man is from;(AD) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”

28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,(AE) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.(AF) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.(AG) You do not know him, 29 but I know him(AH) because I am from him and he sent me.”(AI)

30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,(AJ) because his hour had not yet come.(AK)

Footnotes:

  1. John 7:1 Some manuscripts not have authority
  2. John 7:8 Some manuscripts not yet
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Psalm 108

Psalm 108[a](A)(B)

A song. A psalm of David.

My heart, O God, is steadfast;(C)
I will sing(D) and make music with all my soul.
Awake, harp and lyre!(E)
I will awaken the dawn.
I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
I will sing of you among the peoples.
For great is your love,(F) higher than the heavens;
your faithfulness(G) reaches to the skies.(H)
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;(I)
let your glory be over all the earth.(J)

Save us and help us with your right hand,(K)
that those you love may be delivered.
God has spoken(L) from his sanctuary:(M)
“In triumph I will parcel out Shechem(N)
and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.(O)
Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim is my helmet,
Judah(P) is my scepter.
Moab(Q) is my washbasin,
on Edom(R) I toss my sandal;
over Philistia(S) I shout in triumph.”

10 Who will bring me to the fortified city?
Who will lead me to Edom?
11 Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us
and no longer go out with our armies?(T)
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
for human help is worthless.(U)
13 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down(V) our enemies.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 108:1 In Hebrew texts 108:1-13 is numbered 108:2-14.
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Proverbs 15:4

The soothing tongue(A) is a tree of life,(B)
but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.(C)

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday May 11, 2018 (NIV)

1 Samuel 10-11

10 Then Samuel took a flask(A) of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s head and kissed him, saying, “Has not the Lord anointed(B) you ruler over his inheritance?[a](C) When you leave me today, you will meet two men near Rachel’s tomb,(D) at Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys(E) you set out to look for have been found. And now your father has stopped thinking about them and is worried(F) about you. He is asking, “What shall I do about my son?”’

“Then you will go on from there until you reach the great tree of Tabor. Three men going up to worship God at Bethel(G) will meet you there. One will be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine. They will greet you and offer you two loaves of bread,(H) which you will accept from them.

“After that you will go to Gibeah(I) of God, where there is a Philistine outpost.(J) As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets(K) coming down from the high place(L) with lyres, timbrels,(M) pipes(N) and harps(O) being played before them, and they will be prophesying.(P) The Spirit(Q) of the Lord will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed(R) into a different person. Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever(S) your hand(T) finds to do, for God is with(U) you.

“Go down ahead of me to Gilgal.(V) I will surely come down to you to sacrifice burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, but you must wait seven(W) days until I come to you and tell you what you are to do.”

Saul Made King

As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed(X) Saul’s heart, and all these signs(Y) were fulfilled(Z) that day. 10 When he and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a procession of prophets met him; the Spirit(AA) of God came powerfully upon him, and he joined in their prophesying.(AB) 11 When all those who had formerly known him saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked each other, “What is this(AC) that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”(AD)

12 A man who lived there answered, “And who is their father?” So it became a saying: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”(AE) 13 After Saul stopped prophesying,(AF) he went to the high place.

14 Now Saul’s uncle(AG) asked him and his servant, “Where have you been?”

“Looking for the donkeys,(AH)” he said. “But when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”

15 Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me what Samuel said to you.”

16 Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys(AI) had been found.” But he did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.

17 Samuel summoned the people of Israel to the Lord at Mizpah(AJ) 18 and said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the power of Egypt and all the kingdoms that oppressed(AK) you.’ 19 But you have now rejected(AL) your God, who saves(AM) you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, ‘No, appoint a king(AN) over us.’(AO) So now present(AP) yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and clans.”

20 When Samuel had all Israel come forward by tribes, the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. 21 Then he brought forward the tribe of Benjamin, clan by clan, and Matri’s clan was taken.(AQ) Finally Saul son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he was not to be found. 22 So they inquired(AR) further of the Lord, “Has the man come here yet?”

And the Lord said, “Yes, he has hidden himself among the supplies.”

23 They ran and brought him out, and as he stood among the people he was a head taller(AS) than any of the others. 24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the Lord has chosen?(AT) There is no one like(AU) him among all the people.”

Then the people shouted, “Long live(AV) the king!”

25 Samuel explained(AW) to the people the rights and duties(AX) of kingship.(AY) He wrote them down on a scroll and deposited it before the Lord. Then Samuel dismissed the people to go to their own homes.

26 Saul also went to his home in Gibeah,(AZ) accompanied by valiant men(BA) whose hearts God had touched. 27 But some scoundrels(BB) said, “How can this fellow save us?” They despised him and brought him no gifts.(BC) But Saul kept silent.

Saul Rescues the City of Jabesh

11 Nahash[b](BD) the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh Gilead.(BE) And all the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty(BF) with us, and we will be subject to you.”

But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you only on the condition(BG) that I gouge(BH) out the right eye of every one of you and so bring disgrace(BI) on all Israel.”

The elders(BJ) of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel; if no one comes to rescue(BK) us, we will surrender(BL) to you.”

When the messengers came to Gibeah(BM) of Saul and reported these terms to the people, they all wept(BN) aloud. Just then Saul was returning from the fields, behind his oxen, and he asked, “What is wrong with everyone? Why are they weeping?” Then they repeated to him what the men of Jabesh had said.

When Saul heard their words, the Spirit(BO) of God came powerfully upon him, and he burned with anger. He took a pair of oxen,(BP) cut them into pieces, and sent the pieces by messengers throughout Israel,(BQ) proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone(BR) who does not follow Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out together as one.(BS) When Saul mustered(BT) them at Bezek,(BU) the men of Israel numbered three hundred thousand and those of Judah thirty thousand.

They told the messengers who had come, “Say to the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘By the time the sun is hot tomorrow, you will be rescued.’” When the messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh, they were elated. 10 They said to the Ammonites, “Tomorrow we will surrender(BV) to you, and you can do to us whatever you like.”

11 The next day Saul separated his men into three divisions;(BW) during the last watch of the night they broke into the camp of the Ammonites(BX) and slaughtered them until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

Saul Confirmed as King

12 The people then said to Samuel, “Who(BY) was it that asked, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Turn these men over to us so that we may put them to death.”

13 But Saul said, “No one will be put to death today,(BZ) for this day the Lord has rescued(CA) Israel.”

14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal(CB) and there renew the kingship.(CC) 15 So all the people went to Gilgal(CD) and made Saul king(CE) in the presence of the Lord. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings before the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites held a great celebration.

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Samuel 10:1 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate over his people Israel? You will reign over the Lord’s people and save them from the power of their enemies round about. And this will be a sign to you that the Lord has anointed you ruler over his inheritance:
  2. 1 Samuel 11:1 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls gifts. Now Nahash king of the Ammonites oppressed the Gadites and Reubenites severely. He gouged out all their right eyes and struck terror and dread in Israel. Not a man remained among the Israelites beyond the Jordan whose right eye was not gouged out by Nahash king of the Ammonites, except that seven thousand men fled from the Ammonites and entered Jabesh Gilead. About a month later, Nahash

Cross references:

  1. 1 Samuel 10:1 : 1Sa 16:1; 2Ki 9:1, 3, 6
  2. 1 Samuel 10:1 : S Ex 29:7; S 1Sa 9:16; S 1Ki 1:39
  3. 1 Samuel 10:1 : S Ex 34:9; 2Sa 20:19; Ps 78:62, 71
  4. 1 Samuel 10:2 : Ge 35:20
  5. 1 Samuel 10:2 : 1Sa 9:4
  6. 1 Samuel 10:2 : 1Sa 9:5
  7. 1 Samuel 10:3 : S Ge 35:7-8
  8. 1 Samuel 10:4 : ver 27; 1Sa 16:20; Pr 18:16
  9. 1 Samuel 10:5 : ver 26; 1Sa 11:4; 15:34
  10. 1 Samuel 10:5 : 1Sa 13:3
  11. 1 Samuel 10:5 : S Nu 11:29; 1Ki 20:35; 2Ki 2:3, 15; 4:1; 6:1; 9:1; Am 7:14
  12. 1 Samuel 10:5 : S Lev 26:30
  13. 1 Samuel 10:5 : S Ge 31:27; Jer 31:4
  14. 1 Samuel 10:5 : 1Ki 1:40; Isa 30:29
  15. 1 Samuel 10:5 : 1Sa 16:16; 18:10; 19:9; 2Ki 3:15; Ps 92:3
  16. 1 Samuel 10:5 : ver 10; 1Sa 19:20; 1Ch 25:1; 1Co 14:1
  17. 1 Samuel 10:6 : S Nu 11:25
  18. 1 Samuel 10:6 : ver 9
  19. 1 Samuel 10:7 : 2Sa 7:3; 1Ki 8:17; 1Ch 22:7; 28:2; 2Ch 6:7; Ecc 9:10
  20. 1 Samuel 10:7 : Jdg 9:33
  21. 1 Samuel 10:7 : S Jos 1:5; Lk 1:28; Heb 13:5
  22. 1 Samuel 10:8 : Jos 4:20; S 10:43; 1Sa 7:16; 11:14-15
  23. 1 Samuel 10:8 : 1Sa 13:8
  24. 1 Samuel 10:9 : ver 6
  25. 1 Samuel 10:9 : S Dt 13:2
  26. 1 Samuel 10:9 : ver 7
  27. 1 Samuel 10:10 : S Nu 11:25; 1Sa 11:6
  28. 1 Samuel 10:10 : S ver 5-6
  29. 1 Samuel 10:11 : Mt 13:54; Jn 7:15
  30. 1 Samuel 10:11 : ver 12; 1Sa 19:24; 2Ki 9:11; Jer 29:26; Hos 9:7
  31. 1 Samuel 10:12 : S ver 11
  32. 1 Samuel 10:13 : 1Sa 19:23
  33. 1 Samuel 10:14 : 1Sa 14:50
  34. 1 Samuel 10:14 : S 1Sa 9:3
  35. 1 Samuel 10:16 : S 1Sa 9:3
  36. 1 Samuel 10:17 : S 1Sa 7:5
  37. 1 Samuel 10:18 : S Ex 1:14; S Nu 10:9
  38. 1 Samuel 10:19 : S Nu 11:20; S Dt 33:5
  39. 1 Samuel 10:19 : Ps 7:10; 18:48; 68:20; 145:19
  40. 1 Samuel 10:19 : S 1Sa 8:5-7
  41. 1 Samuel 10:19 : S Dt 17:14
  42. 1 Samuel 10:19 : Jos 7:14
  43. 1 Samuel 10:21 : Est 3:7; Pr 16:33
  44. 1 Samuel 10:22 : S Ge 25:22; S Jdg 18:5
  45. 1 Samuel 10:23 : 1Sa 9:2
  46. 1 Samuel 10:24 : Dt 17:15; 2Sa 21:6
  47. 1 Samuel 10:24 : 1Sa 9:2
  48. 1 Samuel 10:24 : 1Ki 1:25, 34, 39; 2Ki 11:12
  49. 1 Samuel 10:25 : S 1Sa 8:9
  50. 1 Samuel 10:25 : S Dt 17:14-20; S 1Sa 8:11-18; 2Ki 11:12
  51. 1 Samuel 10:25 : 1Sa 11:14
  52. 1 Samuel 10:26 : S ver 5; S Jdg 19:14
  53. 1 Samuel 10:26 : S Jdg 20:44
  54. 1 Samuel 10:27 : S Dt 13:13; S 1Sa 20:7
  55. 1 Samuel 10:27 : S ver 4; 1Ki 10:25; 2Ch 17:5; 32:23; Ps 68:29
  56. 1 Samuel 11:1 : S Ge 19:38; 1Sa 12:12; 2Sa 10:2; 17:27; 1Ch 19:1
  57. 1 Samuel 11:1 : Jdg 21:8; 1Sa 31:11; 2Sa 2:4, 5; 21:12
  58. 1 Samuel 11:1 : S Ex 23:32; S Jer 37:1
  59. 1 Samuel 11:2 : Ge 34:15
  60. 1 Samuel 11:2 : S Nu 16:14
  61. 1 Samuel 11:2 : 1Sa 17:26
  62. 1 Samuel 11:3 : S 1Sa 8:4
  63. 1 Samuel 11:3 : S Jdg 2:16
  64. 1 Samuel 11:3 : ver 10
  65. 1 Samuel 11:4 : S 1Sa 10:5, 26
  66. 1 Samuel 11:4 : S Ge 27:38; S Nu 25:6
  67. 1 Samuel 11:6 : S Jdg 3:10
  68. 1 Samuel 11:7 : S 1Sa 6:14
  69. 1 Samuel 11:7 : S Jdg 19:29
  70. 1 Samuel 11:7 : Jdg 21:5
  71. 1 Samuel 11:7 : S Jdg 20:1
  72. 1 Samuel 11:8 : Jdg 20:2
  73. 1 Samuel 11:8 : Jdg 1:4
  74. 1 Samuel 11:10 : ver 3
  75. 1 Samuel 11:11 : S Jdg 7:16
  76. 1 Samuel 11:11 : S Ge 19:38
  77. 1 Samuel 11:12 : S Dt 13:13; Lk 19:27
  78. 1 Samuel 11:13 : 2Sa 19:22
  79. 1 Samuel 11:13 : 1Sa 19:5; 1Ch 11:14
  80. 1 Samuel 11:14 : S Jos 10:43; S 1Sa 10:8
  81. 1 Samuel 11:14 : 1Sa 10:25
  82. 1 Samuel 11:15 : S Jos 5:9; 2Sa 19:15
  83. 1 Samuel 11:15 : 1Sa 12:1
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John 6:43-71

43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,(A) and I will raise them up at the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’[a](B) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. 46 No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;(C) only he has seen the Father. 47 Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.(D) 48 I am the bread of life.(E) 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.(F) 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,(G) which anyone may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread(H) that came down from heaven.(I) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”(J)

52 Then the Jews(K) began to argue sharply among themselves,(L) “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh(M) of the Son of Man(N) and drink his blood,(O) you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.(P) 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.(Q) 57 Just as the living Father sent me(R) and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”(S) 59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

60 On hearing it, many of his disciples(T) said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”(U)

61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?(V) 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man(W) ascend to where he was before!(X) 63 The Spirit gives life;(Y) the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit[b] and life. 64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known(Z) from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.(AA) 65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”(AB)

66 From this time many of his disciples(AC) turned back and no longer followed him.

67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.(AD)

68 Simon Peter answered him,(AE) “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.(AF) 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”(AG)

70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you,(AH) the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”(AI) 71 (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot,(AJ) who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)(AK)

Footnotes:

  1. John 6:45 Isaiah 54:13
  2. John 6:63 Or are Spirit; or are spirit
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Psalm 107

BOOK V

Psalms 107–150

Psalm 107

Give thanks to the Lord,(A) for he is good;(B)
his love endures forever.

Let the redeemed(C) of the Lord tell their story—
those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,
those he gathered(D) from the lands,
from east and west, from north and south.[a]

Some wandered in desert(E) wastelands,
finding no way to a city(F) where they could settle.
They were hungry(G) and thirsty,(H)
and their lives ebbed away.
Then they cried out(I) to the Lord in their trouble,
and he delivered them from their distress.
He led them by a straight way(J)
to a city(K) where they could settle.
Let them give thanks(L) to the Lord for his unfailing love(M)
and his wonderful deeds(N) for mankind,
for he satisfies(O) the thirsty
and fills the hungry with good things.(P)

10 Some sat in darkness,(Q) in utter darkness,
prisoners suffering(R) in iron chains,(S)
11 because they rebelled(T) against God’s commands
and despised(U) the plans(V) of the Most High.
12 So he subjected them to bitter labor;
they stumbled, and there was no one to help.(W)
13 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them(X) from their distress.
14 He brought them out of darkness,(Y) the utter darkness,(Z)
and broke away their chains.(AA)
15 Let them give thanks(AB) to the Lord for his unfailing love(AC)
and his wonderful deeds(AD) for mankind,
16 for he breaks down gates of bronze
and cuts through bars of iron.

17 Some became fools(AE) through their rebellious ways(AF)
and suffered affliction(AG) because of their iniquities.
18 They loathed all food(AH)
and drew near the gates of death.(AI)
19 Then they cried(AJ) to the Lord in their trouble,
and he saved them(AK) from their distress.
20 He sent out his word(AL) and healed them;(AM)
he rescued(AN) them from the grave.(AO)
21 Let them give thanks(AP) to the Lord for his unfailing love(AQ)
and his wonderful deeds(AR) for mankind.
22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings(AS)
and tell of his works(AT) with songs of joy.(AU)

23 Some went out on the sea(AV) in ships;(AW)
they were merchants on the mighty waters.
24 They saw the works of the Lord,(AX)
his wonderful deeds in the deep.
25 For he spoke(AY) and stirred up a tempest(AZ)
that lifted high the waves.(BA)
26 They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;
in their peril(BB) their courage melted(BC) away.
27 They reeled(BD) and staggered like drunkards;
they were at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cried(BE) out to the Lord in their trouble,
and he brought them out of their distress.(BF)
29 He stilled the storm(BG) to a whisper;
the waves(BH) of the sea[b] were hushed.(BI)
30 They were glad when it grew calm,
and he guided them(BJ) to their desired haven.
31 Let them give thanks(BK) to the Lord for his unfailing love(BL)
and his wonderful deeds(BM) for mankind.
32 Let them exalt(BN) him in the assembly(BO) of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders.

33 He turned rivers into a desert,(BP)
flowing springs(BQ) into thirsty ground,
34 and fruitful land into a salt waste,(BR)
because of the wickedness of those who lived there.
35 He turned the desert into pools of water(BS)
and the parched ground into flowing springs;(BT)
36 there he brought the hungry to live,
and they founded a city where they could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards(BU)
that yielded a fruitful harvest;
38 he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,(BV)
and he did not let their herds diminish.(BW)

39 Then their numbers decreased,(BX) and they were humbled(BY)
by oppression, calamity and sorrow;
40 he who pours contempt on nobles(BZ)
made them wander in a trackless waste.(CA)
41 But he lifted the needy(CB) out of their affliction
and increased their families like flocks.(CC)
42 The upright see and rejoice,(CD)
but all the wicked shut their mouths.(CE)

43 Let the one who is wise(CF) heed these things
and ponder the loving deeds(CG) of the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 107:3 Hebrew north and the sea
  2. Psalm 107:29 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / their waves

Cross references:

  1. Psalm 107:1 : S 1Ch 16:8; S 2Ch 5:13
  2. Psalm 107:1 : S 2Ch 7:3
  3. Psalm 107:2 : S Ps 106:10; S Isa 35:9
  4. Psalm 107:3 : S Ne 1:9
  5. Psalm 107:4 : S Jos 5:6
  6. Psalm 107:4 : ver 36
  7. Psalm 107:5 : Ex 16:3
  8. Psalm 107:5 : S Ex 15:22; S 17:2
  9. Psalm 107:6 : S Ex 14:10
  10. Psalm 107:7 : S Ezr 8:21
  11. Psalm 107:7 : ver 36
  12. Psalm 107:8 : Ps 105:1
  13. Psalm 107:8 : Ps 6:4
  14. Psalm 107:8 : S Ps 75:1
  15. Psalm 107:9 : Ps 22:26; 63:5; Isa 58:11; Mt 5:6; Lk 1:53
  16. Psalm 107:9 : S Ps 23:1; Jer 31:25
  17. Psalm 107:10 : ver 14; Ps 88:6; 143:3; Isa 9:2; 42:7, 16; 49:9; Mic 7:9
  18. Psalm 107:10 : Ps 102:20; Isa 61:1
  19. Psalm 107:10 : S Job 36:8
  20. Psalm 107:11 : S Ps 5:10
  21. Psalm 107:11 : S Nu 14:11
  22. Psalm 107:11 : S 1Ki 22:5; 2Ch 36:16
  23. Psalm 107:12 : S 2Ki 14:26; Ps 72:12
  24. Psalm 107:13 : S Ps 106:8
  25. Psalm 107:14 : S ver 10; Isa 9:2; 42:7; 50:10; 59:9; 60:2; S Lk 1:79
  26. Psalm 107:14 : Ps 86:13; Isa 29:18
  27. Psalm 107:14 : S Job 36:8; Ps 116:16; Ac 12:7
  28. Psalm 107:15 : ver 8, 21, 31; Ps 105:1
  29. Psalm 107:15 : Ps 6:4
  30. Psalm 107:15 : S Ps 75:1
  31. Psalm 107:17 : S Ps 53:1
  32. Psalm 107:17 : S Ps 25:7
  33. Psalm 107:17 : S Lev 26:16; Isa 65:6-7; Jer 30:14-15; Gal 6:7-8
  34. Psalm 107:18 : S Job 3:24; S 6:6
  35. Psalm 107:18 : S Job 17:16; S 33:22
  36. Psalm 107:19 : ver 28; Ps 5:2
  37. Psalm 107:19 : ver 13; Ps 34:4
  38. Psalm 107:20 : S Dt 32:2; Ps 147:15; Mt 8:8; Lk 7:7
  39. Psalm 107:20 : S Ex 15:26
  40. Psalm 107:20 : S Job 33:28
  41. Psalm 107:20 : Ps 16:10; 30:3; S 56:13
  42. Psalm 107:21 : S ver 15
  43. Psalm 107:21 : Ps 6:4
  44. Psalm 107:21 : Ps 75:1
  45. Psalm 107:22 : S Lev 7:12
  46. Psalm 107:22 : Ps 9:11; 73:28; 118:17
  47. Psalm 107:22 : S Job 8:21; S Ps 65:8
  48. Psalm 107:23 : Isa 42:10
  49. Psalm 107:23 : S Ps 104:26
  50. Psalm 107:24 : Ps 64:9; 111:2; 143:5
  51. Psalm 107:25 : S Ps 105:31
  52. Psalm 107:25 : S Ps 50:3
  53. Psalm 107:25 : S Ps 93:3
  54. Psalm 107:26 : Lk 8:23
  55. Psalm 107:26 : S Jos 2:11
  56. Psalm 107:27 : Isa 19:14; 24:20; 28:7
  57. Psalm 107:28 : S ver 19
  58. Psalm 107:28 : Ps 4:1; Jnh 1:6
  59. Psalm 107:29 : Lk 8:24
  60. Psalm 107:29 : S Ps 93:3
  61. Psalm 107:29 : S Ps 65:7; Jnh 1:15
  62. Psalm 107:30 : ver 7
  63. Psalm 107:31 : S ver 15
  64. Psalm 107:31 : Ps 6:4
  65. Psalm 107:31 : Ps 75:1; 106:2
  66. Psalm 107:32 : Ps 30:1; 34:3; 99:5
  67. Psalm 107:32 : S Ps 1:5; 22:22, 25; 26:12; 35:18
  68. Psalm 107:33 : 1Ki 17:1; Ps 74:15; Isa 41:15; 42:15; 50:2
  69. Psalm 107:33 : S Ps 104:10
  70. Psalm 107:34 : S Ge 13:10
  71. Psalm 107:35 : S 2Ki 3:17; Ps 105:41; 126:4; Isa 43:19; 51:3
  72. Psalm 107:35 : S Job 38:26; S Isa 35:7
  73. Psalm 107:37 : S 2Ki 19:29; S Isa 37:30
  74. Psalm 107:38 : S Ge 12:2; S Dt 7:13
  75. Psalm 107:38 : S Ge 49:25
  76. Psalm 107:39 : S 2Ki 10:32; Eze 5:12
  77. Psalm 107:39 : S Ps 44:9
  78. Psalm 107:40 : S Job 12:18
  79. Psalm 107:40 : S Dt 32:10
  80. Psalm 107:41 : S 1Sa 2:8; Ps 113:7-9
  81. Psalm 107:41 : S Job 21:11
  82. Psalm 107:42 : S Job 22:19; Ps 97:10-12
  83. Psalm 107:42 : S Job 5:16; Ro 3:19
  84. Psalm 107:43 : Jer 9:12; Hos 14:9
  85. Psalm 107:43 : Ps 103:11
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Proverbs 15:1-3

15 A gentle answer(A) turns away wrath,(B)
but a harsh word stirs up anger.

The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,(C)
but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.(D)

The eyes(E) of the Lord are everywhere,(F)
keeping watch on the wicked and the good.(G)

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Thursday May 10, 2018 (NIV)

1 Samuel 8-9

Israel Asks for a King

When Samuel grew old, he appointed(A) his sons as Israel’s leaders.[a] The name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second was Abijah,(B) and they served at Beersheba.(C) But his sons(D) did not follow his ways. They turned aside(E) after dishonest gain and accepted bribes(F) and perverted(G) justice.

So all the elders(H) of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.(I) They said to him, “You are old, and your sons do not follow your ways; now appoint a king(J) to lead[b](K) us, such as all the other nations(L) have.”

But when they said, “Give us a king(M) to lead us,” this displeased(N) Samuel; so he prayed to the Lord. And the Lord told him: “Listen(O) to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected,(P) but they have rejected me as their king.(Q) As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking(R) me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. Now listen to them; but warn them solemnly and let them know(S) what the king who will reign over them will claim as his rights.”

10 Samuel told(T) all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. 11 He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take(U) your sons and make them serve(V) with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.(W) 12 Some he will assign to be commanders(X) of thousands and commanders of fifties, and others to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and still others to make weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your(Y) fields and vineyards(Z) and olive groves and give them to his attendants.(AA) 15 He will take a tenth(AB) of your grain and of your vintage and give it to his officials and attendants. 16 Your male and female servants and the best of your cattle[c] and donkeys he will take for his own use. 17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. 18 When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, but the Lord will not answer(AC) you in that day.(AD)

19 But the people refused(AE) to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We want(AF) a king(AG) over us. 20 Then we will be like all the other nations,(AH) with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight our battles.”

21 When Samuel heard all that the people said, he repeated(AI) it before the Lord. 22 The Lord answered, “Listen(AJ) to them and give them a king.”

Then Samuel said to the Israelites, “Everyone go back to your own town.”

Samuel Anoints Saul

There was a Benjamite,(AK) a man of standing,(AL) whose name was Kish(AM) son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bekorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin. Kish had a son named Saul, as handsome(AN) a young man as could be found(AO) anywhere in Israel, and he was a head taller(AP) than anyone else.

Now the donkeys(AQ) belonging to Saul’s father Kish were lost, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants with you and go and look for the donkeys.” So he passed through the hill(AR) country of Ephraim and through the area around Shalisha,(AS) but they did not find them. They went on into the district of Shaalim, but the donkeys(AT) were not there. Then he passed through the territory of Benjamin, but they did not find them.

When they reached the district of Zuph,(AU) Saul said to the servant who was with him, “Come, let’s go back, or my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and start worrying(AV) about us.”

But the servant replied, “Look, in this town there is a man of God;(AW) he is highly respected, and everything(AX) he says comes true. Let’s go there now. Perhaps he will tell us what way to take.”

Saul said to his servant, “If we go, what can we give the man? The food in our sacks is gone. We have no gift(AY) to take to the man of God. What do we have?”

The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have a quarter of a shekel[d] of silver. I will give it to the man of God so that he will tell us what way to take.” (Formerly in Israel, if someone went to inquire(AZ) of God, they would say, “Come, let us go to the seer,” because the prophet of today used to be called a seer.)(BA)

10 “Good,” Saul said to his servant. “Come, let’s go.” So they set out for the town where the man of God was.

11 As they were going up the hill to the town, they met some young women coming out to draw(BB) water, and they asked them, “Is the seer here?”

12 “He is,” they answered. “He’s ahead of you. Hurry now; he has just come to our town today, for the people have a sacrifice(BC) at the high place.(BD) 13 As soon as you enter the town, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not begin eating until he comes, because he must bless(BE) the sacrifice; afterward, those who are invited will eat. Go up now; you should find him about this time.”

14 They went up to the town, and as they were entering it, there was Samuel, coming toward them on his way up to the high place.

15 Now the day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed this to Samuel: 16 “About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin. Anoint(BF) him ruler(BG) over my people Israel; he will deliver(BH) them from the hand of the Philistines.(BI) I have looked on my people, for their cry(BJ) has reached me.”

17 When Samuel caught sight of Saul, the Lord said to him, “This(BK) is the man I spoke to you about; he will govern my people.”

18 Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

19 “I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up ahead of me to the high place, for today you are to eat with me, and in the morning I will send you on your way and will tell you all that is in your heart. 20 As for the donkeys(BL) you lost three days ago, do not worry about them; they have been found. And to whom is all the desire(BM) of Israel turned, if not to you and your whole family line?”

21 Saul answered, “But am I not a Benjamite, from the smallest tribe(BN) of Israel, and is not my clan the least(BO) of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin?(BP) Why do you say such a thing to me?”

22 Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the hall and seated them at the head of those who were invited—about thirty in number. 23 Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the piece of meat I gave you, the one I told you to lay aside.”

24 So the cook took up the thigh(BQ) with what was on it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel said, “Here is what has been kept for you. Eat, because it was set aside for you for this occasion from the time I said, ‘I have invited guests.’” And Saul dined with Samuel that day.

25 After they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel talked with Saul on the roof(BR) of his house. 26 They rose about daybreak, and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way.” When Saul got ready, he and Samuel went outside together. 27 As they were going down to the edge of the town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us”—and the servant did so—“but you stay here for a while, so that I may give you a message from God.”

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Samuel 8:1 Traditionally judges
  2. 1 Samuel 8:5 Traditionally judge; also in verses 6 and 20
  3. 1 Samuel 8:16 Septuagint; Hebrew young men
  4. 1 Samuel 9:8 That is, about 1/10 ounce or about 3 grams

Cross references:

  1. 1 Samuel 8:1 : Dt 16:18-19
  2. 1 Samuel 8:2 : 1Ch 6:28
  3. 1 Samuel 8:2 : Ge 22:19; 1Ki 19:3; Am 5:4-5
  4. 1 Samuel 8:3 : 1Sa 2:12
  5. 1 Samuel 8:3 : Ne 9:29; Job 34:27; Ps 14:3; 58:3; Isa 53:6
  6. 1 Samuel 8:3 : Ex 23:8; 1Sa 12:3; Job 8:22; Pr 17:23
  7. 1 Samuel 8:3 : S Ex 23:2
  8. 1 Samuel 8:4 : S Jdg 11:11; 1Sa 11:3
  9. 1 Samuel 8:4 : S 1Sa 7:17
  10. 1 Samuel 8:5 : ver 19; S Dt 17:14-20; 1Sa 10:19; 12:12, 13; Hos 13:11
  11. 1 Samuel 8:5 : 1Sa 3:20; 12:2
  12. 1 Samuel 8:5 : ver 20
  13. 1 Samuel 8:6 : Hos 13:10
  14. 1 Samuel 8:6 : 1Sa 12:17; 15:11; 16:1
  15. 1 Samuel 8:7 : ver 22; 1Sa 12:1
  16. 1 Samuel 8:7 : S Nu 11:20
  17. 1 Samuel 8:7 : S Ex 16:8
  18. 1 Samuel 8:8 : 1Sa 12:10; 2Ki 21:22; Jer 2:17
  19. 1 Samuel 8:9 : ver 11-18; S Dt 17:14-20; 1Sa 10:25
  20. 1 Samuel 8:10 : S Ex 19:7
  21. 1 Samuel 8:11 : 1Sa 14:52
  22. 1 Samuel 8:11 : S Ge 41:46
  23. 1 Samuel 8:11 : S Dt 17:16; 2Sa 15:1; 1Ki 1:5; 2Ch 1:14; 9:25; SS 3:7
  24. 1 Samuel 8:12 : S Dt 1:15
  25. 1 Samuel 8:14 : Eze 46:18
  26. 1 Samuel 8:14 : 1Ki 21:7, 15; Mic 2:2
  27. 1 Samuel 8:14 : 2Ki 22:12
  28. 1 Samuel 8:15 : S Ge 41:34; 1Sa 17:25
  29. 1 Samuel 8:18 : 1Sa 28:6; Job 27:9; 35:12, 13; Ps 18:41; 66:18; Pr 1:28; Isa 1:15; 58:4; 59:2; Jer 14:12; Eze 8:18; Mic 3:4
  30. 1 Samuel 8:18 : 1Sa 10:25; 1Ki 12:4
  31. 1 Samuel 8:19 : Pr 1:24; Isa 50:2; 66:4; Jer 7:13; 8:12; 13:10; 44:16
  32. 1 Samuel 8:19 : Ac 13:21
  33. 1 Samuel 8:19 : S ver 5
  34. 1 Samuel 8:20 : S ver 5
  35. 1 Samuel 8:21 : S Jdg 11:11
  36. 1 Samuel 8:22 : S ver 7
  37. 1 Samuel 9:1 : Jos 18:11-20
  38. 1 Samuel 9:1 : S Ru 2:1
  39. 1 Samuel 9:1 : 1Sa 14:51; 1Ch 8:33; 9:39; Est 2:5; Ac 13:21
  40. 1 Samuel 9:2 : S Ge 39:6
  41. 1 Samuel 9:2 : 1Sa 10:24
  42. 1 Samuel 9:2 : 1Sa 10:23
  43. 1 Samuel 9:3 : ver 20; 1Sa 10:14, 16
  44. 1 Samuel 9:4 : S Jos 24:33
  45. 1 Samuel 9:4 : 2Ki 4:42
  46. 1 Samuel 9:4 : 1Sa 10:2
  47. 1 Samuel 9:5 : 1Sa 1:1
  48. 1 Samuel 9:5 : 1Sa 10:2
  49. 1 Samuel 9:6 : S Dt 33:1; S Jdg 13:6
  50. 1 Samuel 9:6 : 1Sa 3:19
  51. 1 Samuel 9:7 : S Ge 32:20; 1Ki 13:7; 14:3; 2Ki 4:42; 5:5, 15; Jer 40:5
  52. 1 Samuel 9:9 : S Ge 25:22
  53. 1 Samuel 9:9 : 2Sa 15:27; 24:11; 2Ki 17:13; 1Ch 9:22; 21:9; 26:28; 29:29; 2Ch 19:2; Isa 29:10; 30:10; Am 7:12
  54. 1 Samuel 9:11 : S Ge 24:11, 13
  55. 1 Samuel 9:12 : Nu 28:11-15; S 1Sa 7:17
  56. 1 Samuel 9:12 : S Lev 26:30
  57. 1 Samuel 9:13 : S Mt 14:19; 1Co 10:16; 1Ti 4:3-5
  58. 1 Samuel 9:16 : Ex 30:25; S 1Sa 2:35; 12:3; 15:1; 26:9; 2Ki 11:12; Ps 2:2
  59. 1 Samuel 9:16 : 2Sa 7:8; 1Ki 8:16; 1Ch 5:2
  60. 1 Samuel 9:16 : Ex 3:7-9
  61. 1 Samuel 9:16 : 1Sa 23:4; 2Sa 3:18
  62. 1 Samuel 9:16 : S Ge 16:11; Ps 102:1
  63. 1 Samuel 9:17 : 1Sa 16:12
  64. 1 Samuel 9:20 : S ver 3
  65. 1 Samuel 9:20 : 1Sa 12:13; Ezr 6:8; Isa 60:4-9; Da 2:44; Hag 2:7; Mal 3:1
  66. 1 Samuel 9:21 : Ps 68:27
  67. 1 Samuel 9:21 : S Ex 3:11; Mt 2:6; 1Co 15:9
  68. 1 Samuel 9:21 : Jdg 6:15; 20:35, 46; 1Sa 18:18
  69. 1 Samuel 9:24 : S Lev 7:32-34
  70. 1 Samuel 9:25 : S Dt 22:8; S Jos 2:8; S Mt 24:17; Lk 5:19
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John 6:22-42

22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake(A) realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone.(B) 23 Then some boats from Tiberias(C) landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.(D) 24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.

Jesus the Bread of Life

25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi,(E) when did you get here?”

26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,(F) not because you saw the signs(G) I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures(H) to eternal life,(I) which the Son of Man(J) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal(K) of approval.”

28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe(L) in the one he has sent.”(M)

30 So they asked him, “What sign(N) then will you give that we may see it and believe you?(O) What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna(P) in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[a](Q)

32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven(R) and gives life to the world.”

34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”(S)

35 Then Jesus declared, “I am(T) the bread of life.(U) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes(V) in me will never be thirsty.(W) 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me(X) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven(Y) not to do my will but to do the will(Z) of him who sent me.(AA) 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,(AB) but raise them up at the last day.(AC) 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son(AD) and believes in him shall have eternal life,(AE) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,(AF) whose father and mother we know?(AG) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”(AH)

Footnotes:

  1. John 6:31 Exodus 16:4; Neh. 9:15; Psalm 78:24,25
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Psalm 106:32-48

32 By the waters of Meribah(A) they angered the Lord,
and trouble came to Moses because of them;
33 for they rebelled(B) against the Spirit(C) of God,
and rash words came from Moses’ lips.[a](D)

34 They did not destroy(E) the peoples
as the Lord had commanded(F) them,
35 but they mingled(G) with the nations
and adopted their customs.
36 They worshiped their idols,(H)
which became a snare(I) to them.
37 They sacrificed their sons(J)
and their daughters to false gods.(K)
38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons(L) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was desecrated by their blood.
39 They defiled themselves(M) by what they did;
by their deeds they prostituted(N) themselves.

40 Therefore the Lord was angry(O) with his people
and abhorred his inheritance.(P)
41 He gave them into the hands(Q) of the nations,
and their foes ruled over them.
42 Their enemies oppressed(R) them
and subjected them to their power.
43 Many times he delivered them,(S)
but they were bent on rebellion(T)
and they wasted away in their sin.
44 Yet he took note of their distress
when he heard their cry;(U)
45 for their sake he remembered his covenant(V)
and out of his great love(W) he relented.(X)
46 He caused all who held them captive
to show them mercy.(Y)

47 Save us,(Z) Lord our God,
and gather us(AA) from the nations,
that we may give thanks(AB) to your holy name(AC)
and glory in your praise.

48 Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting.

Let all the people say, “Amen!”(AD)

Praise the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 106:33 Or against his spirit, / and rash words came from his lips
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Proverbs 14:34-35

34 Righteousness exalts a nation,(A)
but sin condemns any people.

35 A king delights in a wise servant,
but a shameful servant arouses his fury.(B)

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Wednesday May 9, 2018 (NIV)

1 Samuel 5-7

The Ark in Ashdod and Ekron

After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer(A) to Ashdod.(B) Then they carried the ark into Dagon’s temple and set it beside Dagon.(C) When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen(D) on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! They took Dagon and put him back in his place. But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord! His head and hands had been broken(E) off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained. That is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor any others who enter Dagon’s temple at Ashdod step on the threshold.(F)

The Lord’s hand(G) was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation(H) on them and afflicted them with tumors.[a](I) When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the god of Israel must not stay here with us, because his hand is heavy on us and on Dagon our god.” So they called together all the rulers(J) of the Philistines and asked them, “What shall we do with the ark of the god of Israel?”

They answered, “Have the ark of the god of Israel moved to Gath.(K)” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

But after they had moved it, the Lord’s hand was against that city, throwing it into a great panic.(L) He afflicted the people of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.[b] 10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.(M)

As the ark of God was entering Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They have brought the ark of the god of Israel around to us to kill us and our people.” 11 So they called together all the rulers(N) of the Philistines and said, “Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it[c] will kill us and our people.” For death had filled the city with panic; God’s hand was very heavy on it. 12 Those who did not die(O) were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

The Ark Returned to Israel

When the ark of the Lord had been in Philistine territory seven months, the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners(P) and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we should send it back to its place.”

They answered, “If you return the ark of the god of Israel, do not send it back to him without a gift;(Q) by all means send a guilt offering(R) to him. Then you will be healed, and you will know why his hand(S) has not been lifted from you.”

The Philistines asked, “What guilt offering should we send to him?”

They replied, “Five gold tumors and five gold rats, according to the number(T) of the Philistine rulers, because the same plague(U) has struck both you and your rulers. Make models of the tumors(V) and of the rats that are destroying the country, and give glory(W) to Israel’s god. Perhaps he will lift his hand from you and your gods and your land. Why do you harden(X) your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When Israel’s god dealt harshly with them,(Y) did they(Z) not send the Israelites out so they could go on their way?

“Now then, get a new cart(AA) ready, with two cows that have calved and have never been yoked.(AB) Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up. Take the ark of the Lord and put it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to him as a guilt offering. Send it on its way, but keep watching it. If it goes up to its own territory, toward Beth Shemesh,(AC) then the Lord has brought this great disaster on us. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us but that it happened to us by chance.”

10 So they did this. They took two such cows and hitched them to the cart and penned up their calves. 11 They placed the ark of the Lord on the cart and along with it the chest containing the gold rats and the models of the tumors. 12 Then the cows went straight up toward Beth Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; they did not turn to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh.

13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting their wheat(AD) in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they rejoiced at the sight. 14 The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and there it stopped beside a large rock. The people chopped up the wood of the cart and sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering(AE) to the Lord. 15 The Levites(AF) took down the ark of the Lord, together with the chest containing the gold objects, and placed them on the large rock.(AG) On that day the people of Beth Shemesh(AH) offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord. 16 The five rulers of the Philistines saw all this and then returned that same day to Ekron.

17 These are the gold tumors the Philistines sent as a guilt offering to the Lord—one each(AI) for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron. 18 And the number of the gold rats was according to the number of Philistine towns belonging to the five rulers—the fortified towns with their country villages. The large rock on which the Levites set the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

19 But God struck down(AJ) some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy[d] of them to death because they looked(AK) into the ark of the Lord. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the Lord had dealt them. 20 And the people of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who can stand(AL) in the presence of the Lord, this holy(AM) God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”

21 Then they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath Jearim,(AN) saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to your town.” So the men of Kiriath Jearim came and took up the ark(AO) of the Lord. They brought it to Abinadab’s(AP) house on the hill and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord. The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim(AQ) a long time—twenty years in all.

Samuel Subdues the Philistines at Mizpah

Then all the people of Israel turned back to the Lord.(AR) So Samuel said to all the Israelites, “If you are returning(AS) to the Lord with all your hearts, then rid(AT) yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtoreths(AU) and commit(AV) yourselves to the Lord and serve him only,(AW) and he will deliver(AX) you out of the hand of the Philistines.” So the Israelites put away their Baals and Ashtoreths, and served the Lord only.

Then Samuel(AY) said, “Assemble all Israel at Mizpah,(AZ) and I will intercede(BA) with the Lord for you.” When they had assembled at Mizpah,(BB) they drew water and poured(BC) it out before the Lord. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the Lord.” Now Samuel was serving as leader[e](BD) of Israel at Mizpah.

When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid(BE) because of the Philistines. They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying(BF) out to the Lord our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.” Then Samuel(BG) took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. He cried out to the Lord on Israel’s behalf, and the Lord answered him.(BH)

10 While Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to engage Israel in battle. But that day the Lord thundered(BI) with loud thunder against the Philistines and threw them into such a panic(BJ) that they were routed before the Israelites. 11 The men of Israel rushed out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, slaughtering them along the way to a point below Beth Kar.

12 Then Samuel took a stone(BK) and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer,[f](BL) saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”

13 So the Philistines were subdued(BM) and they stopped invading Israel’s territory. Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines. 14 The towns from Ekron(BN) to Gath that the Philistines had captured from Israel were restored to Israel, and Israel delivered the neighboring territory from the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.(BO)

15 Samuel(BP) continued as Israel’s leader(BQ) all(BR) the days of his life. 16 From year to year he went on a circuit from Bethel(BS) to Gilgal(BT) to Mizpah, judging(BU) Israel in all those places. 17 But he always went back to Ramah,(BV) where his home was, and there he also held court(BW) for Israel. And he built an altar(BX) there to the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Samuel 5:6 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate tumors. And rats appeared in their land, and there was death and destruction throughout the city
  2. 1 Samuel 5:9 Or with tumors in the groin (see Septuagint)
  3. 1 Samuel 5:11 Or he
  4. 1 Samuel 6:19 A few Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint 50,070
  5. 1 Samuel 7:6 Traditionally judge; also in verse 15
  6. 1 Samuel 7:12 Ebenezer means stone of help.

Cross references:

  1. 1 Samuel 5:1 : S 1Sa 4:1
  2. 1 Samuel 5:1 : S Jos 11:22; S 13:3
  3. 1 Samuel 5:2 : S Jdg 16:23; Isa 2:18; 19:1; 46:1
  4. 1 Samuel 5:3 : Isa 40:20; 41:7; 46:7; Jer 10:4
  5. 1 Samuel 5:4 : Eze 6:6; Mic 1:7
  6. 1 Samuel 5:5 : Zep 1:9
  7. 1 Samuel 5:6 : S Ex 9:3; Ac 13:11
  8. 1 Samuel 5:6 : 2Sa 6:7; Ps 78:66
  9. 1 Samuel 5:6 : S Ex 15:26; 1Sa 6:5
  10. 1 Samuel 5:8 : S Jdg 16:18
  11. 1 Samuel 5:8 : S Jos 11:22
  12. 1 Samuel 5:9 : S Ex 14:24
  13. 1 Samuel 5:10 : S Jos 13:3
  14. 1 Samuel 5:11 : ver 8
  15. 1 Samuel 5:12 : S 1Sa 4:8
  16. 1 Samuel 6:2 : S Ex 7:11; S Isa 44:25
  17. 1 Samuel 6:3 : S Ex 22:29; S 34:20
  18. 1 Samuel 6:3 : S Lev 5:15
  19. 1 Samuel 6:3 : ver 9
  20. 1 Samuel 6:4 : S Jos 13:3
  21. 1 Samuel 6:4 : 2Sa 24:25
  22. 1 Samuel 6:5 : S 1Sa 5:6-11
  23. 1 Samuel 6:5 : S Jos 7:19; Rev 14:7
  24. 1 Samuel 6:6 : S Ex 4:21
  25. 1 Samuel 6:6 : Ex 10:2
  26. 1 Samuel 6:6 : S Ex 12:33
  27. 1 Samuel 6:7 : 2Sa 6:3; 1Ch 13:7
  28. 1 Samuel 6:7 : S Nu 19:2
  29. 1 Samuel 6:9 : S Jos 15:10; 21:16
  30. 1 Samuel 6:13 : S Ge 30:14; Ru 2:23; 1Sa 12:17
  31. 1 Samuel 6:14 : 1Sa 11:7; 2Sa 24:22; 1Ki 19:21
  32. 1 Samuel 6:15 : Jos 3:3
  33. 1 Samuel 6:15 : ver 18
  34. 1 Samuel 6:15 : Jos 21:16
  35. 1 Samuel 6:17 : S Jos 13:3
  36. 1 Samuel 6:19 : 2Sa 6:7
  37. 1 Samuel 6:19 : S Ex 19:21
  38. 1 Samuel 6:20 : 2Sa 6:9; Ps 130:3; Mal 3:2; Rev 6:17
  39. 1 Samuel 6:20 : S Lev 11:45
  40. 1 Samuel 6:21 : S Jos 9:17
  41. 1 Samuel 7:1 : S Jos 6:7
  42. 1 Samuel 7:1 : 2Sa 6:3; 1Ch 13:7
  43. 1 Samuel 7:2 : 1Ch 13:5; Ps 132:6
  44. 1 Samuel 7:2 : 1Ch 13:3
  45. 1 Samuel 7:3 : Dt 30:10; 2Ki 18:5; 23:25; Jer 24:7
  46. 1 Samuel 7:3 : S Ge 31:19; S Jos 24:14
  47. 1 Samuel 7:3 : S Jdg 2:12-13; 1Sa 12:10; 31:10
  48. 1 Samuel 7:3 : Joel 2:12
  49. 1 Samuel 7:3 : S Dt 6:13; Mt 4:10; Lk 4:8
  50. 1 Samuel 7:3 : S Jdg 2:18
  51. 1 Samuel 7:5 : S 1Sa 1:20; Ps 99:6; Jer 15:1
  52. 1 Samuel 7:5 : S Jos 11:3; Jdg 21:5; 1Sa 10:17
  53. 1 Samuel 7:5 : S ver 8; S Ge 20:7; S Dt 9:19
  54. 1 Samuel 7:6 : S Jos 11:3
  55. 1 Samuel 7:6 : La 2:19
  56. 1 Samuel 7:6 : S Jdg 2:16; S 16:31
  57. 1 Samuel 7:7 : 1Sa 17:11
  58. 1 Samuel 7:8 : ver 5; S Ex 32:30; S Nu 21:7; 1Sa 12:19, 23; 1Ki 18:24; Isa 37:4; Jer 15:1; 27:18
  59. 1 Samuel 7:9 : Ps 99:6
  60. 1 Samuel 7:9 : S Ex 32:11; S Dt 9:19
  61. 1 Samuel 7:10 : S Ex 9:23; S 1Sa 2:10
  62. 1 Samuel 7:10 : S Ge 35:5; S Ex 14:24
  63. 1 Samuel 7:12 : S Ge 28:22; S Dt 27:2; Jos 4:9
  64. 1 Samuel 7:12 : S 1Sa 4:1
  65. 1 Samuel 7:13 : Jdg 13:1, 5
  66. 1 Samuel 7:14 : S Jos 13:3
  67. 1 Samuel 7:14 : S Jdg 1:34
  68. 1 Samuel 7:15 : ver 6; 1Sa 12:11
  69. 1 Samuel 7:15 : S Jdg 2:16
  70. 1 Samuel 7:15 : Jdg 2:18
  71. 1 Samuel 7:16 : S Ge 12:8
  72. 1 Samuel 7:16 : S Jos 10:43; S 1Sa 10:8; Am 5:5
  73. 1 Samuel 7:16 : ver 6; Ac 13:20
  74. 1 Samuel 7:17 : S Jos 18:25; 1Sa 8:4; 15:34; 19:18; 25:1; 28:3
  75. 1 Samuel 7:17 : ver 6
  76. 1 Samuel 7:17 : 1Sa 9:12; 14:35; 20:6; 2Sa 24:25
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John 6:1-21

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand(A)

Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs(B) he had performed by healing the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside(C) and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Festival(D) was near.

When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip,(E) “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother,(F) spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”(G)

10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks,(H) and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

14 After the people saw the sign(I) Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”(J) 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king(K) by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.(L)

Jesus Walks on the Water(M)

16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, 17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles,[b] they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water;(N) and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.”(O) 21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

Footnotes:

  1. John 6:7 Greek take two hundred denarii
  2. John 6:19 Or about 5 or 6 kilometers
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Psalm 106:13-31

13 But they soon forgot(A) what he had done
and did not wait for his plan to unfold.(B)
14 In the desert(C) they gave in to their craving;
in the wilderness(D) they put God to the test.(E)
15 So he gave them(F) what they asked for,
but sent a wasting disease(G) among them.

16 In the camp they grew envious(H) of Moses
and of Aaron, who was consecrated to the Lord.
17 The earth opened(I) up and swallowed Dathan;(J)
it buried the company of Abiram.(K)
18 Fire blazed(L) among their followers;
a flame consumed the wicked.
19 At Horeb they made a calf(M)
and worshiped an idol cast from metal.
20 They exchanged their glorious God(N)
for an image of a bull, which eats grass.
21 They forgot the God(O) who saved them,
who had done great things(P) in Egypt,
22 miracles in the land of Ham(Q)
and awesome deeds(R) by the Red Sea.
23 So he said he would destroy(S) them—
had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach(T) before him
to keep his wrath from destroying them.

24 Then they despised(U) the pleasant land;(V)
they did not believe(W) his promise.
25 They grumbled(X) in their tents
and did not obey the Lord.
26 So he swore(Y) to them with uplifted hand
that he would make them fall in the wilderness,(Z)
27 make their descendants fall among the nations
and scatter(AA) them throughout the lands.

28 They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor(AB)
and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods;
29 they aroused the Lord’s anger(AC) by their wicked deeds,(AD)
and a plague(AE) broke out among them.
30 But Phinehas(AF) stood up and intervened,
and the plague was checked.(AG)
31 This was credited to him(AH) as righteousness
for endless generations(AI) to come.

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Proverbs 14:32-33

32 When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,(A)
but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.(B)

33 Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning(C)
and even among fools she lets herself be known.[a]

Footnotes:

  1. Proverbs 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known
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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Tuesday May 8, 2018 (NIV)

1 Samuel 2:22-4

22 Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything(A) his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with the women(B) who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 23 So he said to them, “Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours. 24 No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the Lord’s people is not good. 25 If one person sins against another, God[a] may mediate for the offender; but if anyone sins against the Lord, who will(C) intercede(D) for them?” His sons, however, did not listen to their father’s rebuke, for it was the Lord’s will to put them to death.

26 And the boy Samuel continued to grow(E) in stature and in favor with the Lord and with people.(F)

Prophecy Against the House of Eli

27 Now a man of God(G) came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal myself to your ancestor’s family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh? 28 I chose(H) your ancestor out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense,(I) and to wear an ephod(J) in my presence. I also gave your ancestor’s family all the food offerings(K) presented by the Israelites. 29 Why do you[b] scorn my sacrifice and offering(L) that I prescribed for my dwelling?(M) Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’

30 “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.(N)’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor,(O) but those who despise(P) me will be disdained.(Q) 31 The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age,(R) 32 and you will see distress(S) in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.(T) 33 Every one of you that I do not cut off from serving at my altar I will spare only to destroy your sight and sap your strength, and all your descendants(U) will die in the prime of life.

34 “‘And what happens to your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will be a sign(V) to you—they will both die(W) on the same day.(X) 35 I will raise up for myself a faithful priest,(Y) who will do according to what is in my heart and mind. I will firmly establish his priestly house, and they will minister before my anointed(Z) one always. 36 Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread and plead,(AA) “Appoint me to some priestly office so I can have food to eat.(AB)”’”

The Lord Calls Samuel

The boy Samuel ministered(AC) before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare;(AD) there were not many visions.(AE)

One night Eli, whose eyes(AF) were becoming so weak that he could barely see,(AG) was lying down in his usual place. The lamp(AH) of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house(AI) of the Lord, where the ark(AJ) of God was. Then the Lord called Samuel.

Samuel answered, “Here I am.(AK) And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

But Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.

Again the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

“My son,” Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.”

Now Samuel did not yet know(AL) the Lord: The word(AM) of the Lord had not yet been revealed(AN) to him.

A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.”

Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10 The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!(AO)

Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”

11 And the Lord said to Samuel: “See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle.(AP) 12 At that time I will carry out against Eli everything(AQ) I spoke against his family—from beginning to end. 13 For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed God,[c] and he failed to restrain(AR) them. 14 Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, ‘The guilt of Eli’s house will never be atoned(AS) for by sacrifice or offering.’”

15 Samuel lay down until morning and then opened the doors of the house of the Lord. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision, 16 but Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son.”

Samuel answered, “Here I am.”

17 “What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide(AT) it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely,(AU) if you hide from me anything he told you.” 18 So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, “He is the Lord; let him do what is good in his eyes.”(AV)

19 The Lord was with(AW) Samuel as he grew(AX) up, and he let none(AY) of Samuel’s words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba(AZ) recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.(BA) 21 The Lord continued to appear at Shiloh, and there he revealed(BB) himself to Samuel through his word.

And Samuel’s word came to all Israel.

The Philistines Capture the Ark

Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer,(BC) and the Philistines at Aphek.(BD) The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield. When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why(BE) did the Lord bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark(BF) of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh,(BG) so that he may go with us(BH) and save us from the hand of our enemies.”

So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim.(BI) And Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

When the ark of the Lord’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel raised such a great shout(BJ) that the ground shook. Hearing the uproar, the Philistines asked, “What’s all this shouting in the Hebrew(BK) camp?”

When they learned that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp, the Philistines were afraid.(BL) “A god has[d] come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before. We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck(BM) the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues(BN) in the wilderness. Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they(BO) have been to you. Be men, and fight!”

10 So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated(BP) and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.(BQ)

Death of Eli

12 That same day a Benjamite(BR) ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust(BS) on his head. 13 When he arrived, there was Eli(BT) sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.

14 Eli heard the outcry and asked, “What is the meaning of this uproar?”

The man hurried over to Eli, 15 who was ninety-eight years old and whose eyes(BU) had failed so that he could not see. 16 He told Eli, “I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day.”

Eli asked, “What happened, my son?”

17 The man who brought the news replied, “Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead,(BV) and the ark of God has been captured.”(BW)

18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led[e](BX) Israel forty years.(BY)

19 His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains. 20 As she was dying, the women attending her said, “Don’t despair; you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond or pay any attention.

21 She named the boy Ichabod,[f](BZ) saying, “The Glory(CA) has departed from Israel”—because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband. 22 She said, “The Glory(CB) has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured.”(CC)

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Samuel 2:25 Or the judges
  2. 1 Samuel 2:29 The Hebrew is plural.
  3. 1 Samuel 3:13 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text sons made themselves contemptible
  4. 1 Samuel 4:7 Or “Gods have (see Septuagint)
  5. 1 Samuel 4:18 Traditionally judged
  6. 1 Samuel 4:21 Ichabod means no glory.

Cross references:

  1. 1 Samuel 2:22 : S ver 17
  2. 1 Samuel 2:22 : S Ex 38:8
  3. 1 Samuel 2:25 : Ex 4:21; Jos 11:20
  4. 1 Samuel 2:25 : S Ex 32:10; S Nu 11:2; 1Sa 3:14; 1Ki 13:6; Job 9:33; Ps 106:30; Isa 1:18; 22:14; Jer 15:1; Heb 10:26
  5. 1 Samuel 2:26 : S Jdg 13:24; Lk 2:52
  6. 1 Samuel 2:26 : Pr 3:4
  7. 1 Samuel 2:27 : S Dt 33:1; S Jdg 13:6
  8. 1 Samuel 2:28 : S Ex 28:1
  9. 1 Samuel 2:28 : S Ex 30:7
  10. 1 Samuel 2:28 : 1Sa 22:18; 23:6, 9; 30:7
  11. 1 Samuel 2:28 : Lev 7:35-36
  12. 1 Samuel 2:29 : ver 12-17
  13. 1 Samuel 2:29 : S Dt 12:5
  14. 1 Samuel 2:30 : S Ex 29:9
  15. 1 Samuel 2:30 : Ps 50:23; 91:15; Pr 8:17
  16. 1 Samuel 2:30 : Isa 53:3; Na 3:6; Mal 2:9
  17. 1 Samuel 2:30 : Jer 18:10
  18. 1 Samuel 2:31 : 1Sa 4:11-18; 22:16
  19. 1 Samuel 2:32 : 1Sa 4:3; 22:17-20; Jer 7:12, 14
  20. 1 Samuel 2:32 : 1Ki 2:26-27
  21. 1 Samuel 2:33 : Jer 29:32; Mal 2:12
  22. 1 Samuel 2:34 : S Dt 13:2
  23. 1 Samuel 2:34 : 1Sa 4:11
  24. 1 Samuel 2:34 : 1Ki 13:3
  25. 1 Samuel 2:35 : 2Sa 8:17; 20:25; 1Ki 1:8, 32; 2:35; 4:4; 1Ch 16:39; 29:22; Eze 44:15-16
  26. 1 Samuel 2:35 : 1Sa 9:16; 10:1; 16:13; 2Sa 2:4; 12:7; 23:1; 1Ki 1:34; Ps 89:20
  27. 1 Samuel 2:36 : Eze 44:10-14
  28. 1 Samuel 2:36 : 1Sa 3:12; 1Ki 2:27
  29. 1 Samuel 3:1 : S 1Sa 2:11
  30. 1 Samuel 3:1 : Ps 74:9; La 2:9; Eze 7:26
  31. 1 Samuel 3:1 : Am 8:11
  32. 1 Samuel 3:2 : 1Sa 4:15
  33. 1 Samuel 3:2 : S Ge 27:1
  34. 1 Samuel 3:3 : Ex 25:31-38; Lev 24:1-4
  35. 1 Samuel 3:3 : 1Sa 1:9
  36. 1 Samuel 3:3 : Dt 10:1-5; 1Ki 6:19; 8:1
  37. 1 Samuel 3:4 : S Ge 22:1; S Ex 3:4
  38. 1 Samuel 3:7 : 1Sa 2:12
  39. 1 Samuel 3:7 : Jer 1:2
  40. 1 Samuel 3:7 : S Nu 12:6; Am 3:7
  41. 1 Samuel 3:10 : Ex 3:4
  42. 1 Samuel 3:11 : 2Ki 21:12; Job 15:21; Jer 19:3
  43. 1 Samuel 3:12 : S 1Sa 2:27-36
  44. 1 Samuel 3:13 : 1Ki 1:6
  45. 1 Samuel 3:14 : S 1Sa 2:25
  46. 1 Samuel 3:17 : 1Ki 22:14; Jer 23:28; 38:14; 42:4
  47. 1 Samuel 3:17 : S Ru 1:17
  48. 1 Samuel 3:18 : S Jdg 10:15
  49. 1 Samuel 3:19 : S Ge 21:22; S Nu 14:43
  50. 1 Samuel 3:19 : S Jdg 13:24
  51. 1 Samuel 3:19 : 1Sa 9:6
  52. 1 Samuel 3:20 : S Jdg 20:1
  53. 1 Samuel 3:20 : S Dt 18:22; Eze 33:33
  54. 1 Samuel 3:21 : S Nu 12:6
  55. 1 Samuel 4:1 : 1Sa 5:1; 7:12
  56. 1 Samuel 4:1 : Jos 12:18; 1Sa 29:1; 1Ki 20:26
  57. 1 Samuel 4:3 : Jos 7:7
  58. 1 Samuel 4:3 : S Jos 6:7
  59. 1 Samuel 4:3 : S Jos 18:1; S 1Sa 2:32
  60. 1 Samuel 4:3 : 2Ch 13:8
  61. 1 Samuel 4:4 : S Ge 3:24; S Ex 25:22
  62. 1 Samuel 4:5 : S Jos 6:5, 10
  63. 1 Samuel 4:6 : S Ge 14:13
  64. 1 Samuel 4:7 : S Ex 15:14
  65. 1 Samuel 4:8 : Ex 12:30; 1Sa 5:12
  66. 1 Samuel 4:8 : Rev 11:6
  67. 1 Samuel 4:9 : S Jdg 13:1
  68. 1 Samuel 4:10 : S Dt 28:25
  69. 1 Samuel 4:11 : Ps 78:64; Jer 7:12
  70. 1 Samuel 4:12 : Eze 24:26; 33:21
  71. 1 Samuel 4:12 : S Jos 7:6; S 2Sa 1:2
  72. 1 Samuel 4:13 : ver 18
  73. 1 Samuel 4:15 : S 1Sa 3:2
  74. 1 Samuel 4:17 : 1Sa 22:18; Ps 78:64
  75. 1 Samuel 4:17 : Ps 78:61
  76. 1 Samuel 4:18 : S Jdg 2:16; S 16:31
  77. 1 Samuel 4:18 : 1Sa 2:31
  78. 1 Samuel 4:21 : S Ge 35:18
  79. 1 Samuel 4:21 : S Ex 24:16; Ps 106:20; Jer 2:11; Eze 1:28; 9:3; 10:18
  80. 1 Samuel 4:22 : S Ex 24:16; Ps 78:61
  81. 1 Samuel 4:22 : Jer 7:12
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John 5:24-47

24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(A) has eternal life(B) and will not be judged(C) but has crossed over from death to life.(D) 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come(E) when the dead will hear(F) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life(G) in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge(H) because he is the Son of Man.

28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming(I) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.(J) 30 By myself I can do nothing;(K) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,(L) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.(M)

Testimonies About Jesus

31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.(N) 32 There is another who testifies in my favor,(O) and I know that his testimony about me is true.

33 “You have sent to John and he has testified(P) to the truth. 34 Not that I accept human testimony;(Q) but I mention it that you may be saved.(R) 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light,(S) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John.(T) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing(U)—testify that the Father has sent me.(V) 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.(W) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,(X) 38 nor does his word dwell in you,(Y) for you do not believe(Z) the one he sent.(AA) 39 You study[a] the Scriptures(AB) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.(AC) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,(AD) 40 yet you refuse to come to me(AE) to have life.

41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,(AF) 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[b]?(AG)

45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(AH) on whom your hopes are set.(AI) 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(AJ) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(AK)

Footnotes:

  1. John 5:39 Or 39 Study
  2. John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One
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Psalm 106:1-12

Psalm 106(A)

Praise the Lord.[a](B)

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;(C)
his love endures forever.(D)

Who can proclaim the mighty acts(E) of the Lord
or fully declare his praise?
Blessed are those who act justly,(F)
who always do what is right.(G)

Remember me,(H) Lord, when you show favor(I) to your people,
come to my aid(J) when you save them,
that I may enjoy the prosperity(K) of your chosen ones,(L)
that I may share in the joy(M) of your nation
and join your inheritance(N) in giving praise.

We have sinned,(O) even as our ancestors(P) did;
we have done wrong and acted wickedly.(Q)
When our ancestors were in Egypt,
they gave no thought(R) to your miracles;
they did not remember(S) your many kindnesses,
and they rebelled by the sea,(T) the Red Sea.[b]
Yet he saved them(U) for his name’s sake,(V)
to make his mighty power(W) known.
He rebuked(X) the Red Sea, and it dried up;(Y)
he led them through(Z) the depths as through a desert.
10 He saved them(AA) from the hand of the foe;(AB)
from the hand of the enemy he redeemed them.(AC)
11 The waters covered(AD) their adversaries;
not one of them survived.
12 Then they believed his promises
and sang his praise.(AE)

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 106:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah; also in verse 48
  2. Psalm 106:7 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verses 9 and 22
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Proverbs 14:30-31

30 A heart at peace gives life to the body,
but envy rots the bones.(A)

31 Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,(B)
but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.(C)

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Monday May 7, 2018 (NIV)

1 Samuel 1:1-2:21

The Birth of Samuel

There was a certain man from Ramathaim,(A) a Zuphite[a](B) from the hill country(C) of Ephraim,(D) whose name was Elkanah(E) son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. He had two wives;(F) one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

Year after year(G) this man went up from his town to worship(H) and sacrifice to the Lord Almighty at Shiloh,(I) where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli,(J) were priests of the Lord. Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice,(K) he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.(L) But to Hannah he gave a double portion(M) because he loved her, and the Lord had closed her womb.(N) Because the Lord had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.(O) This went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the Lord, her rival provoked her till she wept and would not eat.(P) Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?(Q)

Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s house.(R) 10 In her deep anguish(S) Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. 11 And she made a vow,(T) saying, “Lord Almighty(U), if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember(V) me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life,(W) and no razor(X) will ever be used on his head.”

12 As she kept on praying to the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. 13 Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk 14 and said to her, “How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine.”

15 “Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled.(Y) I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring(Z) out my soul to the Lord. 16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”(AA)

17 Eli answered, “Go in peace,(AB) and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him.(AC)

18 She said, “May your servant find favor in your eyes.(AD)” Then she went her way and ate something, and her face was no longer downcast.(AE)

19 Early the next morning they arose and worshiped before the Lord and then went back to their home at Ramah.(AF) Elkanah made love to his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered(AG) her. 20 So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son.(AH) She named(AI) him Samuel,[b](AJ) saying, “Because I asked the Lord for him.”

Hannah Dedicates Samuel

21 When her husband Elkanah went up with all his family to offer the annual(AK) sacrifice to the Lord and to fulfill his vow,(AL) 22 Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, “After the boy is weaned, I will take him and present(AM) him before the Lord, and he will live there always.”[c]

23 “Do what seems best to you,” her husband Elkanah told her. “Stay here until you have weaned him; only may the Lord make good(AN) his[d] word.” So the woman stayed at home and nursed her son until she had weaned(AO) him.

24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull,[e](AP) an ephah[f] of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. 25 When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli, 26 and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. 27 I prayed(AQ) for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. 28 So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life(AR) he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

Hannah’s Prayer

Then Hannah prayed and said:(AS)

“My heart rejoices(AT) in the Lord;
in the Lord my horn[g](AU) is lifted high.
My mouth boasts(AV) over my enemies,(AW)
for I delight in your deliverance.

“There is no one holy(AX) like(AY) the Lord;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock(AZ) like our God.

“Do not keep talking so proudly
or let your mouth speak such arrogance,(BA)
for the Lord is a God who knows,(BB)
and by him deeds(BC) are weighed.(BD)

“The bows of the warriors are broken,(BE)
but those who stumbled are armed with strength.(BF)
Those who were full hire themselves out for food,
but those who were hungry(BG) are hungry no more.
She who was barren(BH) has borne seven children,
but she who has had many sons pines away.

“The Lord brings death and makes alive;(BI)
he brings down to the grave and raises up.(BJ)
The Lord sends poverty and wealth;(BK)
he humbles and he exalts.(BL)
He raises(BM) the poor(BN) from the dust(BO)
and lifts the needy(BP) from the ash heap;
he seats them with princes
and has them inherit a throne of honor.(BQ)

“For the foundations(BR) of the earth are the Lord’s;
on them he has set the world.
He will guard the feet(BS) of his faithful servants,(BT)
but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness.(BU)

“It is not by strength(BV) that one prevails;
10 those who oppose the Lord will be broken.(BW)
The Most High will thunder(BX) from heaven;
the Lord will judge(BY) the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength(BZ) to his king
and exalt the horn(CA) of his anointed.”

11 Then Elkanah went home to Ramah,(CB) but the boy ministered(CC) before the Lord under Eli the priest.

Eli’s Wicked Sons

12 Eli’s sons were scoundrels; they had no regard(CD) for the Lord. 13 Now it was the practice(CE) of the priests that, whenever any of the people offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand while the meat(CF) was being boiled 14 and would plunge the fork into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot. Whatever the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is how they treated all the Israelites who came to Shiloh. 15 But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the person who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”

16 If the person said to him, “Let the fat(CG) be burned first, and then take whatever you want,” the servant would answer, “No, hand it over now; if you don’t, I’ll take it by force.”

17 This sin of the young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they[h] were treating the Lord’s offering with contempt.(CH)

18 But Samuel was ministering(CI) before the Lord—a boy wearing a linen ephod.(CJ) 19 Each year his mother made him a little robe and took it to him when she went up with her husband to offer the annual(CK) sacrifice. 20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, saying, “May the Lord give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed(CL) for and gave to[i] the Lord.” Then they would go home. 21 And the Lord was gracious to Hannah;(CM) she gave birth to three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile, the boy Samuel grew(CN) up in the presence of the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. 1 Samuel 1:1 See Septuagint and 1 Chron. 6:26-27,33-35; or from Ramathaim Zuphim.
  2. 1 Samuel 1:20 Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for heard by God.
  3. 1 Samuel 1:22 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls always. I have dedicated him as a Nazirite—all the days of his life.”
  4. 1 Samuel 1:23 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac your
  5. 1 Samuel 1:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text with three bulls
  6. 1 Samuel 1:24 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
  7. 1 Samuel 2:1 Horn here symbolizes strength; also in verse 10.
  8. 1 Samuel 2:17 Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint; Masoretic Text people
  9. 1 Samuel 2:20 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text and asked from

Cross references:

  1. 1 Samuel 1:1 : S Jos 18:25
  2. 1 Samuel 1:1 : 1Sa 9:5
  3. 1 Samuel 1:1 : Jos 17:17-18
  4. 1 Samuel 1:1 : Jos 21:20-22
  5. 1 Samuel 1:1 : 1Ch 6:27, 34
  6. 1 Samuel 1:2 : S Ge 4:19
  7. 1 Samuel 1:3 : ver 21; Ex 23:14; 1Sa 2:19; 20:6, 29; Lk 2:41
  8. 1 Samuel 1:3 : Dt 12:5-7
  9. 1 Samuel 1:3 : S Jos 18:1
  10. 1 Samuel 1:3 : 1Sa 2:31; 14:3
  11. 1 Samuel 1:4 : Lev 7:15-18; Dt 12:17-18
  12. 1 Samuel 1:4 : S Ge 29:34
  13. 1 Samuel 1:5 : S Ge 37:3
  14. 1 Samuel 1:5 : S Ge 11:30; S 29:31
  15. 1 Samuel 1:6 : S Ge 16:4
  16. 1 Samuel 1:7 : 2Sa 12:17; Ps 102:4
  17. 1 Samuel 1:8 : S Ru 4:15
  18. 1 Samuel 1:9 : 1Sa 3:3
  19. 1 Samuel 1:10 : Job 3:20; 7:11; 10:1; 21:25; 23:2; 27:2; Isa 38:15; Jer 20:18
  20. 1 Samuel 1:11 : S Jdg 11:30
  21. 1 Samuel 1:11 : S Ge 17:1; Ps 24:10; 46:7; Isa 1:9
  22. 1 Samuel 1:11 : S Ge 8:1
  23. 1 Samuel 1:11 : S Jdg 13:7
  24. 1 Samuel 1:11 : Nu 6:1-21; Jdg 13:5; Lk 1:15
  25. 1 Samuel 1:15 : 2Ki 4:27
  26. 1 Samuel 1:15 : Ps 42:4; 62:8; La 2:19
  27. 1 Samuel 1:16 : Ps 55:2
  28. 1 Samuel 1:17 : Nu 6:26; 1Sa 20:42; 2Ki 5:19; S Ac 15:33
  29. 1 Samuel 1:17 : S Ge 25:21; Ps 20:3-5
  30. 1 Samuel 1:18 : S Ge 18:3; Ru 2:13
  31. 1 Samuel 1:18 : Ro 15:13
  32. 1 Samuel 1:19 : S Jos 18:25
  33. 1 Samuel 1:19 : S Ge 8:1; S 29:31
  34. 1 Samuel 1:20 : S Ge 17:19; S 29:32; S 30:6
  35. 1 Samuel 1:20 : Ex 2:10; Mt 1:21
  36. 1 Samuel 1:20 : 1Sa 7:5; 12:23; 1Ch 6:27; Jer 15:1; Heb 11:32
  37. 1 Samuel 1:21 : S ver 3
  38. 1 Samuel 1:21 : S Ge 28:20; Nu 30:2; Dt 12:11
  39. 1 Samuel 1:22 : Ex 13:2; Lk 2:22
  40. 1 Samuel 1:23 : S Ge 25:21
  41. 1 Samuel 1:23 : Ge 21:8
  42. 1 Samuel 1:24 : Nu 15:8-10
  43. 1 Samuel 1:27 : 1Sa 2:20; Ps 66:19-20
  44. 1 Samuel 1:28 : S Jdg 13:7
  45. 1 Samuel 2:1 : Lk 1:46-55
  46. 1 Samuel 2:1 : Ps 13:5; 33:21; Zec 10:7
  47. 1 Samuel 2:1 : Ps 18:2; 89:17, 24; 148:14
  48. 1 Samuel 2:1 : Ps 6:8
  49. 1 Samuel 2:1 : S Nu 10:35; Ps 6:10
  50. 1 Samuel 2:2 : S Ex 15:11; S Lev 11:44
  51. 1 Samuel 2:2 : S Ex 8:10; Isa 40:25; 46:5
  52. 1 Samuel 2:2 : S Ge 49:24; S Ex 33:22; Dt 32:37; 2Sa 22:2, 32; 23:3; Ps 31:3; 71:3
  53. 1 Samuel 2:3 : Ps 17:10; 31:18; 73:8; 75:4; 94:4
  54. 1 Samuel 2:3 : S Jos 22:22
  55. 1 Samuel 2:3 : 1Sa 16:7; 1Ki 8:39; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 6:30; Pr 15:11; Jer 11:20; 17:10
  56. 1 Samuel 2:3 : Pr 16:2; 24:11-12
  57. 1 Samuel 2:4 : 2Sa 1:27; Ps 37:15; 46:9; 76:3
  58. 1 Samuel 2:4 : Job 17:9; Isa 40:31; 41:1; 52:1; 57:10
  59. 1 Samuel 2:5 : Lk 1:53
  60. 1 Samuel 2:5 : Ps 113:9; Isa 54:1; Jer 15:9
  61. 1 Samuel 2:6 : Dt 32:39
  62. 1 Samuel 2:6 : Isa 26:19; Eze 37:3, 12
  63. 1 Samuel 2:7 : S Dt 8:18
  64. 1 Samuel 2:7 : Job 5:11; 40:12; Ps 75:7; Isa 2:12; 13:11; 22:19; Da 4:37
  65. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Ps 113:7-8
  66. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Jas 2:5
  67. 1 Samuel 2:8 : 1Ki 16:2
  68. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Ps 72:12; 107:41; 145:14; 146:8; S Mt 23:12
  69. 1 Samuel 2:8 : 2Sa 7:8; Job 36:7; Isa 22:23; Eze 21:26
  70. 1 Samuel 2:8 : Job 15:7; 38:4; Ps 104:5; Pr 8:29; Isa 40:12; Jer 10:12
  71. 1 Samuel 2:9 : Ps 91:12; 121:3; Pr 3:26
  72. 1 Samuel 2:9 : Pr 2:8
  73. 1 Samuel 2:9 : Job 10:22; Isa 5:30; 8:22; 59:9; 60:2; Jer 13:16; Am 5:18, 20; Zep 1:14-15; Mt 8:12
  74. 1 Samuel 2:9 : 1Sa 17:47; Ps 33:16-17; Zec 4:6
  75. 1 Samuel 2:10 : S Ex 15:6
  76. 1 Samuel 2:10 : S Ex 19:16; 1Sa 7:10; 12:17; 2Sa 22:14; Job 37:4, 5; 38:1; Ps 18:13; 29:3; Isa 66:6
  77. 1 Samuel 2:10 : Ps 96:13; 98:9; Mt 25:31-32
  78. 1 Samuel 2:10 : Ps 18:1; 21:1; 59:16
  79. 1 Samuel 2:10 : S Dt 33:17; Ps 89:24; S Lk 1:69
  80. 1 Samuel 2:11 : S Jos 18:25
  81. 1 Samuel 2:11 : ver 18; S Nu 16:9; 1Sa 3:1
  82. 1 Samuel 2:12 : Jer 2:8; 9:6
  83. 1 Samuel 2:13 : Dt 18:3
  84. 1 Samuel 2:13 : Lev 7:35-36
  85. 1 Samuel 2:16 : Lev 3:3, 14-16; 7:29-34
  86. 1 Samuel 2:17 : ver 22, 29; S Nu 14:11; Jer 7:21; Eze 22:26; Mal 2:7-9
  87. 1 Samuel 2:18 : S ver 11
  88. 1 Samuel 2:18 : ver 28; 1Sa 22:18; 23:9; 2Sa 6:14; 1Ch 15:27
  89. 1 Samuel 2:19 : S 1Sa 1:3
  90. 1 Samuel 2:20 : S 1Sa 1:27
  91. 1 Samuel 2:21 : Ge 21:1
  92. 1 Samuel 2:21 : S Jdg 13:24; Lk 1:80; 2:40
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John 5:1-23

The Healing at the Pool

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate(A) a pool, which in Aramaic(B) is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”(C) At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,(D) 10 and so the Jewish leaders(E) said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”(F)

11 But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’

12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”

13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning(G) or something worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders(H) that it was Jesus who had made him well.

The Authority of the Son

16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father(I) is always at his work(J) to this very day, and I too am working.” 18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;(K) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(L)

19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;(M) he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son(N) and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these,(O) so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,(P) even so the Son gives life(Q) to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,(R) 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.(S)

Footnotes:

  1. John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida
  2. John 5:4 Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed—and they waited for the moving of the waters. From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had.
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Psalm 105:37-45

37 He brought out Israel, laden with silver and gold,(A)
and from among their tribes no one faltered.
38 Egypt was glad when they left,
because dread of Israel(B) had fallen on them.

39 He spread out a cloud(C) as a covering,
and a fire to give light at night.(D)
40 They asked,(E) and he brought them quail;(F)
he fed them well with the bread of heaven.(G)
41 He opened the rock,(H) and water gushed out;
it flowed like a river in the desert.

42 For he remembered his holy promise(I)
given to his servant Abraham.
43 He brought out his people with rejoicing,(J)
his chosen ones with shouts of joy;
44 he gave them the lands of the nations,(K)
and they fell heir to what others had toiled(L) for—
45 that they might keep his precepts
and observe his laws.(M)

Praise the Lord.[a](N)

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 105:45 Hebrew Hallelu Yah
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Proverbs 14:28-29

28 A large population is a king’s glory,
but without subjects a prince is ruined.(A)

29 Whoever is patient has great understanding,(B)
but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.(C)

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Sunday May 6, 2018 (NIV)

Ruth 2-4

Ruth Meets Boaz in the Grain Field

Now Naomi had a relative(A) on her husband’s side, a man of standing(B) from the clan of Elimelek,(C) whose name was Boaz.(D)

And Ruth the Moabite(E) said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the leftover grain(F) behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor.(G)

Naomi said to her, “Go ahead, my daughter.” So she went out, entered a field and began to glean behind the harvesters.(H) As it turned out, she was working in a field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelek.(I)

Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!(J)

“The Lord bless you!(K)” they answered.

Boaz asked the overseer of his harvesters, “Who does that young woman belong to?”

The overseer replied, “She is the Moabite(L) who came back from Moab with Naomi. She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves(M) behind the harvesters.’ She came into the field and has remained here from morning till now, except for a short rest(N) in the shelter.”

So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”

10 At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground.(O) She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me(P)—a foreigner?(Q)

11 Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law(R) since the death of your husband(S)—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know(T) before.(U) 12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,(V) the God of Israel,(W) under whose wings(X) you have come to take refuge.(Y)

13 “May I continue to find favor in your eyes,(Z) my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”

14 At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread(AA) and dip it in the wine vinegar.”

When she sat down with the harvesters,(AB) he offered her some roasted grain.(AC) She ate all she wanted and had some left over.(AD) 15 As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves(AE) and don’t reprimand her. 16 Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke(AF) her.”

17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed(AG) the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah.[a](AH) 18 She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over(AI) after she had eaten enough.

19 Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!(AJ)

Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.

20 “The Lord bless him!(AK)” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law.(AL) “He has not stopped showing his kindness(AM) to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative;(AN) he is one of our guardian-redeemers.[b](AO)

21 Then Ruth the Moabite(AP) said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’”

22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.”

23 So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley(AQ) and wheat harvests(AR) were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor

One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi(AS) said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home[c](AT) for you, where you will be well provided for. Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative(AU) of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.(AV) Wash,(AW) put on perfume,(AX) and get dressed in your best clothes.(AY) Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking.(AZ) When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”

“I will do whatever you say,”(BA) Ruth answered. So she went down to the threshing floor(BB) and did everything her mother-in-law told her to do.

When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits,(BC) he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile.(BD) Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet and lay down. In the middle of the night something startled the man; he turned—and there was a woman lying at his feet!

“Who are you?” he asked.

“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment(BE) over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer[d](BF) of our family.”

10 “The Lord bless you,(BG) my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier:(BH) You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. 11 And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character.(BI) 12 Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family,(BJ) there is another who is more closely related than(BK) I. 13 Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer,(BL) good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives(BM) I will do it.(BN) Lie here until morning.”

14 So she lay at his feet until morning, but got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, “No one must know that a woman came to the threshing floor.(BO)(BP)

15 He also said, “Bring me the shawl(BQ) you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he poured into it six measures of barley and placed the bundle on her. Then he[e] went back to town.

16 When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, “How did it go, my daughter?”

Then she told her everything Boaz had done for her 17 and added, “He gave me these six measures of barley, saying, ‘Don’t go back to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

18 Then Naomi said, “Wait, my daughter, until you find out what happens. For the man will not rest until the matter is settled today.”(BR)

Boaz Marries Ruth

Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate(BS) and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer[f](BT) he had mentioned(BU) came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.

Boaz took ten of the elders(BV) of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.(BW) Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek.(BX) I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you[g] will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you,(BY) and I am next in line.”

“I will redeem it,” he said.

Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite,(BZ) the[h] dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”(CA)

At this, the guardian-redeemer said, “Then I cannot redeem(CB) it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.”(CC)

(Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption(CD) and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal(CE) and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions(CF) in Israel.)(CG)

So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.(CH)

Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses(CI) that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite,(CJ) Mahlon’s widow, as my wife,(CK) in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown.(CL) Today you are witnesses!(CM)

11 Then the elders and all the people at the gate(CN) said, “We are witnesses.(CO) May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah,(CP) who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah(CQ) and be famous in Bethlehem.(CR) 12 Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez,(CS) whom Tamar(CT) bore to Judah.”

Naomi Gains a Son

13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive,(CU) and she gave birth to a son.(CV) 14 The women(CW) said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord,(CX) who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer.(CY) May he become famous throughout Israel! 15 He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law,(CZ) who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons,(DA) has given him birth.”

16 Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. 17 The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse,(DB) the father of David.(DC)

The Genealogy of David(DD)

18 This, then, is the family line of Perez(DE):

Perez was the father of Hezron,(DF)

19 Hezron the father of Ram,

Ram the father of Amminadab,(DG)

20 Amminadab the father of Nahshon,(DH)

Nahshon the father of Salmon,[i]

21 Salmon the father of Boaz,(DI)

Boaz the father of Obed,

22 Obed the father of Jesse,

and Jesse the father of David.

Footnotes:

  1. Ruth 2:17 That is, probably about 30 pounds or about 13 kilograms
  2. Ruth 2:20 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55).
  3. Ruth 3:1 Hebrew find rest (see 1:9)
  4. Ruth 3:9 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55); also in verses 12 and 13.
  5. Ruth 3:15 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate and Syriac she
  6. Ruth 4:1 The Hebrew word for guardian-redeemer is a legal term for one who has the obligation to redeem a relative in serious difficulty (see Lev. 25:25-55); also in verses 3, 6, 8 and 14.
  7. Ruth 4:4 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts he
  8. Ruth 4:5 Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew (see also Septuagint) Naomi and from Ruth the Moabite, you acquire the
  9. Ruth 4:20 A few Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate (see also verse 21 and Septuagint of 1 Chron. 2:11); most Hebrew manuscripts Salma

Cross references:

  1. Ruth 2:1 : Ru 3:2; Pr 7:4
  2. Ruth 2:1 : 1Sa 9:1; 1Ki 11:28
  3. Ruth 2:1 : S Ru 1:2
  4. Ruth 2:1 : Ru 4:21; 1Ch 2:12; Mt 1:5; Lk 3:32
  5. Ruth 2:2 : S Ru 1:22
  6. Ruth 2:2 : S Lev 19:9; S 23:22
  7. Ruth 2:2 : S Ge 6:8; S 18:3
  8. Ruth 2:3 : ver 14; 2Ki 4:18; Jer 9:22; Am 9:13
  9. Ruth 2:3 : ver 1
  10. Ruth 2:4 : S Jdg 6:12; Lk 1:28; 2Th 3:16
  11. Ruth 2:4 : S Ge 28:3; S Nu 6:24
  12. Ruth 2:6 : S Ru 1:22
  13. Ruth 2:7 : S Ge 37:7; S Lev 19:9
  14. Ruth 2:7 : 2Sa 4:5
  15. Ruth 2:10 : S Ge 19:1; S 1Sa 20:41
  16. Ruth 2:10 : ver 19; Ps 41:1
  17. Ruth 2:10 : S Ge 31:15; S Dt 15:3
  18. Ruth 2:11 : S Ru 1:14
  19. Ruth 2:11 : S Ru 1:5
  20. Ruth 2:11 : Isa 55:5
  21. Ruth 2:11 : Ru 1:16-17
  22. Ruth 2:12 : 1Sa 24:19; 26:23, 25; Ps 18:20; Pr 25:22; Jer 31:16
  23. Ruth 2:12 : S Jos 24:15
  24. Ruth 2:12 : Ps 17:8; 36:7; 57:1; 61:4; 63:7; 91:4
  25. Ruth 2:12 : Ps 71:1
  26. Ruth 2:13 : S Ge 18:3
  27. Ruth 2:14 : S Ge 3:19
  28. Ruth 2:14 : S ver 3
  29. Ruth 2:14 : S Lev 23:14
  30. Ruth 2:14 : ver 18
  31. Ruth 2:15 : S Ge 37:7; S Lev 19:9
  32. Ruth 2:16 : S Ge 37:10
  33. Ruth 2:17 : S Jdg 6:11
  34. Ruth 2:17 : S Lev 19:36
  35. Ruth 2:18 : ver 14
  36. Ruth 2:19 : S ver 10
  37. Ruth 2:20 : S Jdg 17:2; S 1Sa 23:21
  38. Ruth 2:20 : S Ge 11:31
  39. Ruth 2:20 : S Ge 19:19
  40. Ruth 2:20 : S Lev 25:25
  41. Ruth 2:20 : Ru 3:9, 12; 4:1, 14
  42. Ruth 2:21 : S Ru 1:22
  43. Ruth 2:23 : S Ex 9:31
  44. Ruth 2:23 : S Ge 30:14; S 1Sa 6:13
  45. Ruth 3:1 : Ru 1:14
  46. Ruth 3:1 : Ru 1:9
  47. Ruth 3:2 : S Ru 2:1
  48. Ruth 3:2 : S Lev 2:14; S Nu 18:27; S Jdg 6:11
  49. Ruth 3:3 : 2Sa 12:20; 2Ki 5:10; Ps 26:6; 51:2; Isa 1:16; Jer 4:14; Eze 16:9
  50. Ruth 3:3 : 2Sa 14:2; Isa 61:3
  51. Ruth 3:3 : S Ge 41:14
  52. Ruth 3:3 : S Ex 32:6; S Ecc 2:3; S Jer 15:17
  53. Ruth 3:5 : Eph 6:1; Col 3:20
  54. Ruth 3:6 : S Nu 18:27
  55. Ruth 3:7 : Jdg 19:6, 9, 22; 1Sa 25:36; 2Sa 13:28; 1Ki 21:7; Est 1:10
  56. Ruth 3:7 : 2Ch 31:6; SS 7:2; Jer 50:26; Hag 2:16
  57. Ruth 3:9 : Eze 16:8
  58. Ruth 3:9 : S Ru 2:20
  59. Ruth 3:10 : S Jdg 17:2
  60. Ruth 3:10 : S Jos 2:12
  61. Ruth 3:11 : Pr 12:4; 14:1; 31:10
  62. Ruth 3:12 : S Ru 2:20
  63. Ruth 3:12 : Ru 4:1
  64. Ruth 3:13 : Dt 25:5; Ru 4:5; Mt 22:24
  65. Ruth 3:13 : S Nu 14:21; Hos 4:15
  66. Ruth 3:13 : Ru 4:6
  67. Ruth 3:14 : S Nu 18:27
  68. Ruth 3:14 : Ro 14:16; 2Co 8:21
  69. Ruth 3:15 : Isa 3:22
  70. Ruth 3:18 : Ps 37:3-5
  71. Ruth 4:1 : S Ge 18:1; S 23:10
  72. Ruth 4:1 : S Ru 2:20
  73. Ruth 4:1 : Ru 3:12
  74. Ruth 4:2 : S Ex 3:16
  75. Ruth 4:2 : S Dt 25:7
  76. Ruth 4:3 : S Lev 25:25; S Ru 1:2
  77. Ruth 4:4 : S Lev 25:25; Jer 32:7-8
  78. Ruth 4:5 : S Ru 1:22
  79. Ruth 4:5 : S Ge 38:8; S Ru 3:13
  80. Ruth 4:6 : Lev 25:25; Ru 3:13
  81. Ruth 4:6 : S Dt 25:7
  82. Ruth 4:7 : S Lev 25:24
  83. Ruth 4:7 : ver 8
  84. Ruth 4:7 : Isa 8:1-2, 16, 20
  85. Ruth 4:7 : Dt 25:7-9
  86. Ruth 4:8 : Dt 25:9
  87. Ruth 4:9 : Isa 8:2; Jer 32:10, 44
  88. Ruth 4:10 : S Ru 1:22
  89. Ruth 4:10 : S Dt 25:5
  90. Ruth 4:10 : S Dt 25:6
  91. Ruth 4:10 : S Jos 24:22
  92. Ruth 4:11 : S Ge 23:10
  93. Ruth 4:11 : S Dt 25:9
  94. Ruth 4:11 : S Ge 4:19; S 29:16
  95. Ruth 4:11 : S Ge 35:16
  96. Ruth 4:11 : Ru 1:19
  97. Ruth 4:12 : S Ge 38:29
  98. Ruth 4:12 : Ge 38:6, 24
  99. Ruth 4:13 : S Ge 8:1; S 29:31
  100. Ruth 4:13 : S Ge 29:32; S 30:6; Lk 1:57
  101. Ruth 4:14 : Lk 1:58
  102. Ruth 4:14 : S Ge 24:27
  103. Ruth 4:14 : S Ru 2:20
  104. Ruth 4:15 : S Ge 11:31
  105. Ruth 4:15 : 1Sa 1:8; 2:5; Job 1:2
  106. Ruth 4:17 : ver 22; 1Sa 16:1, 18; 17:12, 17, 58; 1Ch 2:12, 13; Ps 72:20
  107. Ruth 4:17 : 1Sa 16:13; 1Ch 2:15
  108. Ruth 4:18 : 4:18-22pp — 1Ch 2:5-15; Mt 1:3-6; Lk 3:31-33
  109. Ruth 4:18 : S Ge 38:29
  110. Ruth 4:18 : Nu 26:21
  111. Ruth 4:19 : S Ex 6:23
  112. Ruth 4:20 : S Nu 7:12
  113. Ruth 4:21 : S Ru 2:1
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John 4:43-54

Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

43 After the two days(A) he left for Galilee. 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)(B) 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(C) for they also had been there.

46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine.(D) And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,(E) he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

48 “Unless you people see signs and wonders,”(F) Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”

49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

50 “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”

The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”

53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household(G) believed.

54 This was the second sign(H) Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.

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Psalm 105:16-36

16 He called down famine(A) on the land
and destroyed all their supplies of food;
17 and he sent a man before them—
Joseph, sold as a slave.(B)
18 They bruised his feet with shackles,(C)
his neck was put in irons,
19 till what he foretold(D) came to pass,
till the word(E) of the Lord proved him true.
20 The king sent and released him,
the ruler of peoples set him free.(F)
21 He made him master of his household,
ruler over all he possessed,
22 to instruct his princes(G) as he pleased
and teach his elders wisdom.(H)

23 Then Israel entered Egypt;(I)
Jacob resided(J) as a foreigner in the land of Ham.(K)
24 The Lord made his people very fruitful;
he made them too numerous(L) for their foes,
25 whose hearts he turned(M) to hate his people,
to conspire(N) against his servants.
26 He sent Moses(O) his servant,
and Aaron,(P) whom he had chosen.(Q)
27 They performed(R) his signs(S) among them,
his wonders(T) in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness(U) and made the land dark—
for had they not rebelled against(V) his words?
29 He turned their waters into blood,(W)
causing their fish to die.(X)
30 Their land teemed with frogs,(Y)
which went up into the bedrooms of their rulers.
31 He spoke,(Z) and there came swarms of flies,(AA)
and gnats(AB) throughout their country.
32 He turned their rain into hail,(AC)
with lightning throughout their land;
33 he struck down their vines(AD) and fig trees(AE)
and shattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke,(AF) and the locusts came,(AG)
grasshoppers(AH) without number;(AI)
35 they ate up every green thing in their land,
ate up the produce of their soil.
36 Then he struck down all the firstborn(AJ) in their land,
the firstfruits of all their manhood.

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Proverbs 14:26-27

26 Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress,(A)
and for their children it will be a refuge.(B)

27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,(C)
turning a person from the snares of death.(D)

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Saturday May 5, 2018 (NIV)

Judges 21 - Ruth 1

Israel Provides Wives for the Surviving Men of Benjamin

21 The men of Israel had taken this oath in Mizpah: “None of us will ever let our daughters marry anyone from Benjamin.”

The people went to Bethel and sat there in the presence of Elohim until evening. They cried very loudly, Yahweh Elohim of Israel, why has this happened among us? Why should one tribe be missing today in Israel?”

The next day the people got up early. They built an altar there and sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. The people asked, “Is there any family from Israel that did not take part in the assembly in the presence of Yahweh?” They had taken a solemn oath that whoever had not come into the presence of Yahweh at Mizpah must be put to death.

The people of Israel felt sorry for their close relatives, the men of Benjamin. They said, “Today one tribe has been excluded from Israel. What will we do to provide wives for the men who are left? We swore to Yahweh that we would not let any of our daughters marry them.” Then they asked, “Is there any family from Israel that did not come into the presence of Yahweh at Mizpah?” No one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the assembly in the camp. So they questioned the people, and there was no one there from Jabesh Gilead.

10 The congregation sent 12,000 soldiers. They ordered them, “Go and kill the people of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and children. 11 These are your directions: Claim every female who has gone to bed with a man, and claim every male. Claim them for the Lord by destroying them.”

12 Among the people of Jabesh Gilead they found 400 unmarried women who had never gone to bed with a man. They brought them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan.

13 Then the whole congregation sent messengers to the men of Benjamin at Rimmon Rock and offered them peace. 14 So the men of Benjamin came back at that time. These men were given the women from Jabesh Gilead who had been kept alive. However, the congregation had not found enough women for all of them.

15 The congregation felt sorry for the people of Benjamin because Yahweh had broken the unity of the tribes of Israel. 16 The leaders of the congregation asked, “What should we do to provide wives for the men who are left, since the women in Benjamin have been killed?”

17 Some said, “Benjamin’s men who survived must be allowed to have families. No tribe of Israel should be wiped out. 18 However, we can’t give them any of our daughters as wives. The people of Israel have taken an oath that whoever gives wives to the men of Benjamin is under a curse.”

19 Others said, “Every year Yahweh’s festival is held at Shiloh. Shiloh is north of Bethel, east of the highway going from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.” 20 So they told the men of Benjamin, “Hide in the vineyards and 21 watch. When the young women of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, come out of the vineyards. Each of you catch a woman from Shiloh to be your wife. Then go back to the territory of Benjamin. 22 When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we’ll tell them, ‘Have pity on them, since we didn’t provide a wife for each man in the battle. You won’t be guilty because you didn’t give them the wives yourselves.’”

23 The men of Benjamin did just that. They captured the number of wives they needed from the women who were dancing and went home. So they rebuilt their cities and lived in them.

24 At that time the people of Israel left. Each man went to his tribe and family. They all went home.

25 In those days Israel didn’t have a king. Everyone did whatever he considered right.

The Move to Moab and Tragedy

In the days when the judges were ruling, there was a famine in the land. A man from Bethlehem in Judah went with his wife and two sons to live for a while in the country of Moab. The man’s name was Elimelech, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of their two sons were Mahlon and Chilion. They were descendants of Ephrathah from Bethlehem in the territory of Judah. They went to the country of Moab and lived there.

Now, Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left alone with her two sons. Each son married a woman from Moab. One son married a woman named Orpah, and the other son married a woman named Ruth. They lived there for about ten years. Then both Mahlon and Chilion died as well. So Naomi was left alone, without her two sons or her husband.

Departure from Moab

Naomi and her daughters-in-law started on the way back from the country of Moab. (While they were still in Moab she heard that Yahweh had come to help his people and give them food. So she left the place where she had been living, and her two daughters-in-law went with her.) They began to walk back along the road to the territory of Judah.

Naomi’s Appeal to Her Daughters-in-law

Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back! Each of you should go back to your mother’s home. May Yahweh be as kind to you as you were to me and to our loved ones who have died. May Yahweh repay each of you so that you may find security in a home with a husband.”

When she kissed them goodbye, they began to cry loudly. 10 They said to her, “We are going back with you to your people.”

11 But Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Do I have any more sons in my womb who could be your husbands? 12 Go back, my daughters. Go, because I am too old to get married again. If I said that I still have hope. . . . And if I had a husband tonight. . . . And even if I gave birth to sons, 13 would you wait until they grew up and stay single just for them? No, my daughters. My bitterness is much worse than yours because Yahweh has sent me so much trouble.”

14 They began to cry loudly again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth held on to her tightly. 15 Naomi said, “Look, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. Go back with your sister-in-law.”

16 But Ruth answered, “Don’t force me to leave you. Don’t make me turn back from following you. Wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your Elohim will be my Elohim. 17 Wherever you die, I will die, and I will be buried there with you. May Yahweh strike me down if anything but death separates you and me!”

18 When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she ended the conversation.

Naomi Arrives in Bethlehem

19 So both of them went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, the whole town was excited about them. “This can’t be Naomi, can it?” the women asked.

20 She answered them, “Don’t call me Naomi [Sweet]. Call me Mara [Bitter] because Shadday has made my life very bitter. 21 I went away full, but Yahweh has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi when Yahweh has tormented me and Shadday has done evil to me?”

22 When Naomi came back from the country of Moab, Ruth, her Moabite daughter-in-law, came along with her. They happened to enter Bethlehem just when the barley harvest began.

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John 4:4-42

Yeshua had to go through Samaria. He arrived at a city in Samaria called Sychar. Sychar was near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s Well was there. Yeshua sat down by the well because he was tired from traveling. The time was about six o’clock in the evening.

A Samaritan woman went to get some water. Yeshua said to her, “Give me a drink of water.” (His disciples had gone into the city to buy some food.)

The Samaritan woman asked him, “How can a Jewish man like you ask a Samaritan woman like me for a drink of water?” (Jews, of course, don’t associate with Samaritans.)

10 Yeshua replied to her, “If you only knew what God’s gift is and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked him for a drink. He would have given you living water.”

11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you don’t have anything to use to get water, and the well is deep. So where are you going to get this living water? 12 You’re not more important than our ancestor Jacob, are you? He gave us this well. He and his sons and his animals drank water from it.”

13 Yeshua answered her, “Everyone who drinks this water will become thirsty again. 14 But those who drink the water that I will give them will never become thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give them will become in them a spring that gushes up to eternal life.”

15 The woman told Yeshua, “Sir, give me this water! Then I won’t get thirsty or have to come here to get water.”

16 Yeshua told her, “Go to your husband, and bring him here.”

17 The woman replied, “I don’t have a husband.”

Yeshua told her, “You’re right when you say that you don’t have a husband. 18 You’ve had five husbands, and the man you have now isn’t your husband. You’ve told the truth.”

19 The woman said to Yeshua, “I see that you’re a prophet! 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain. But you Jews say that people must worship in Jerusalem.”

21 Yeshua told her, “Believe me. A time is coming when you Samaritans won’t be worshiping the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem. 22 You don’t know what you’re worshiping. We Jews know what we’re worshiping, because salvation comes from the Jews. 23 Indeed, the time is coming, and it is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father is looking for people like that to worship him. 24 God is a spirit. Those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

25 The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will tell us everything.” (Messiah is the one called Christ.)

26 Yeshua told her, “I am he, and I am speaking to you now.”

27 At that time his disciples returned. They were surprised that he was talking to a woman. But none of them asked him, “What do you want from her?” or “Why are you talking to her?”

28 Then the woman left her water jar and went back into the city. She told the people, 29 “Come with me, and meet a man who told me everything I’ve ever done. Could he be the Messiah?” 30 The people left the city and went to meet Yeshua.

31 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, “Rabbi, have something to eat.”

32 Yeshua told them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

33 The disciples asked each other, “Did someone bring him something to eat?”

34 Yeshua told them, “My food is to do what the one who sent me wants me to do and to finish the work he has given me.

35 “Don’t you say, ‘In four more months the harvest will be here’? I’m telling you to look and see that the fields are ready to be harvested. 36 The person who harvests the crop is already getting paid. He is gathering grain for eternal life. So the person who plants the grain and the person who harvests it are happy together. 37 In this respect the saying is true: ‘One person plants, and another person harvests.’ 38 I have sent you to harvest a crop you have not worked for. Other people have done the hard work, and you have followed them in their work.”

39 Many Samaritans in that city believed in Yeshua because of the woman who said, “He told me everything I’ve ever done.” 40 So when the Samaritans went to Yeshua, they asked him to stay with them. He stayed in Samaria for two days. 41 Many more Samaritans believed because of what Yeshua said. 42 They told the woman, “Our faith is no longer based on what you’ve said. We have heard him ourselves, and we know that he really is the savior of the world.”

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Psalm 105:1-15

Psalm 105

Give thanks to Yahweh.
Call on him.
Make known among the nations what he has done.
Sing to him.
Make music to praise him.
Meditate on all the miracles he has performed.
Brag about his holy name.
Let the hearts of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
Search for Yahweh and his strength.
Always seek his presence.
Remember the miracles he performed,
the amazing things he did, and the judgments he pronounced,
you descendants of his servant Abraham,
you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.

He is Yahweh our Elohim.
His judgments are pronounced throughout the earth.
He always remembers his promise,[a]
the word that he commanded for a thousand generations,
the promise that he made to Abraham,
and his sworn oath to Isaac.
10 He confirmed it as a law for Jacob,
as an everlasting promise to Israel,
11 by saying, “I will give you the land of Canaan.
It is your share of the inheritance.”

12 While the people of Israel were few in number,
a small group of foreigners living in that land,
13 they wandered from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another.
14 He didn’t permit anyone to oppress them.
He warned kings about them:
15 “Do not touch my anointed ones
or harm my prophets.”

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 105:8 Or “covenant.”
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Proverbs 14:25

25 An honest witness saves lives,
but one who tells lies is dangerous.

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The Daily Audio Bible Reading for Friday May 4, 2018 (NIV)

Judges 19-20

Sexual Immorality

19 In those days when Israel didn’t have a king, there was a Levite who lived in a remote area in the mountains of Ephraim. He took a woman from Bethlehem in Judah to be his concubine.[a] But she was unfaithful to him. She left him and went to her father’s home, to Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months, her husband went to persuade her to come back home. He took along his servant and two donkeys.

She took her husband into her father’s house. Her father was thrilled to see him. He made the Levite stay there with him, celebrating for three days.

On the fourth day they got up early in the morning to leave, but the woman’s father told his son-in-law, “Eat something to keep up your strength and then you can go.” So they both sat down and ate and drank together. The woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Why don’t you spend the night and enjoy yourself?” When the Levite started to leave, his father-in-law urged him to stay another night, so he did.

On the morning of the fifth day, the Levite got up early to leave. The woman’s father said, “Eat something to keep up your strength!” So they spent the time eating until late afternoon. The Levite started to leave with his concubine and his servant. But his father-in-law said to him, “It’s already evening. Please stay another night. It’s too late to leave now. Stay here, and enjoy yourself. Tomorrow you can start out early to go home.” 10 But the Levite refused to spend another night.

He left and traveled as far as Jebus (now called Jerusalem). He had with him two saddled donkeys and his concubine. 11 By the time they were near Jebus, it was very late in the day. The Levite’s servant said to him, “Let’s go spend the night in Jebus.”

12 The Levite told him, “We’ll never go into a city of foreigners. They’re not Israelites. We’ll go on to Gibeah.” 13 He told his servant, “Let’s go someplace else. We’ll spend the night either at Gibeah or Ramah.”

14 So they went on. It was sunset by the time they arrived at Gibeah. (Gibeah belonged to the tribe of Benjamin.) 15 They went to spend the night there. The Levite entered Gibeah and sat down in the city square, because no one offered to take them home for the night.

16 That evening an old man came into the city from his work in the fields. He was from the mountain region of Ephraim but lived in Gibeah. The other people who lived there were from the tribe of Benjamin. 17 He saw the traveler in the city square. So the old man asked, “Where do you come from? And where are you going?”

18 The Levite replied, “We’re on our way from Bethlehem in Judah to a remote area in the mountains of Ephraim. That’s where I’m from. I had gone to Bethlehem in Judah. Now I’m going to Yahweh’s house, but no one has offered to take me into his home. 19 We have straw and fodder for our donkeys. I even have bread and wine for myself, the woman, and my servant. We have everything we need.”

20 Then the old man said, “Welcome! Let me take care of your needs. Just don’t spend the night in the city square.” 21 So he took the Levite to his house and fed the donkeys. After they washed, they ate and drank.

22 While they were enjoying themselves, some worthless men from the city surrounded the house and pounded on the door. They told the old man, the owner of the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so that we can have sex with him.”

23 The owner went out to them. He told them, “No, my friends! Please don’t do anything so evil! This man is a guest in my home. Don’t do such a godless thing! 24 Here, let me bring out my virgin daughter and this man’s concubine. Rape them, and do with them whatever you want. Just don’t do such a godless thing to this man.”

25 But the men refused to listen to him. So the Levite grabbed his concubine and forced her outside. They had sex with her and abused her all night until morning. They let her go when the sun was coming up. 26 At daybreak, the woman came to the door of the house where her husband was and collapsed. She was still there when it became light.

27 Her husband got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and was about to leave. His wife (that is, his concubine) was lying at the door of the house with her hands on the doorstep. 28 The Levite said to her, “Get up! Let’s go!” But she did not answer. So he put her on the donkey and left for home.

29 When he arrived home, he got a knife. He took his concubine and cut her limb from limb into 12 pieces. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territories of Israel.

30 Everyone who saw it said, “Never has such a thing happened or been seen from the time the people of Israel came out of Egypt until today. Think about it! Form a plan, and speak out!”

Israel Slaughters the Tribe of Benjamin

20 All the people of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and from Gilead came to Mizpah. The congregation stood united in the presence of Yahweh. The leaders of all Israel’s tribes took their places in the congregation of Elohim’s people. There were 400,000 foot soldiers with swords. The people of Benjamin heard that Israel had come to Mizpah.

The people of Israel said, “Tell us how such an evil thing could happen.”

The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered, “My concubine[b] and I went to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night. The citizens of Gibeah came to attack me. They surrounded the house where I was staying that night. They intended to kill me, but instead, they raped my concubine until she died. So I took my concubine and cut her into pieces. Then I sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel. I did this because the citizens of Gibeah did this perverted and godless thing in Israel. All you people of Israel, tell me what you think. Give me your advice right now!”

All the people stood united, saying, “None of us will go to his tent or return to his house. This is what we’ll do to Gibeah. We’ll decide by lot who should attack it.[c] 10 We’ll take one-tenth[d] of all the men from the tribes of Israel to get supplies for the troops. When the troops go to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin they can punish the citizens of Gibeah for the godless thing they did in Israel.” 11 So all the men of Israel assembled. They stood united against the city.

12 The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin. They asked, “How could such an evil thing happen among you? 13 Now hand over those worthless men in Gibeah. We must put them to death to rid ourselves of this kind of evil in Israel.”

But the men of Benjamin refused to listen to the men of Israel. 14 So the men of Benjamin went from their towns and assembled at Gibeah to go to war with the men of Israel. 15 That day 26,000 men armed with swords came from Benjamin’s cities and organized for battle along with 700 of Gibeah’s best men. 16 Out of all these troops, the best 700 were left-handed. Each could sling a stone at a hair and not miss.

17 The men of Israel (Benjamin not included) totaled 400,000 soldiers armed with swords.

18 The men of Israel went to Bethel. They asked Elohim, “Who will go first to fight Benjamin?”

Yahweh answered, “Judah will go first.”

19 The Israelites got up early in the morning and camped at Gibeah. 20 So the men of Israel went to war with the men of Benjamin. The Israelites formed their battle line facing Gibeah. 21 That day the men of Benjamin came out from Gibeah. They slaughtered 22,000 of Israel’s men.

22 But Israel’s troops got reinforcements. They formed their battle line where they had formed it on the first day. 23 The Israelites went and cried in the presence of Yahweh until evening. They asked Yahweh, “Should we continue to wage war against our close relatives, the men of Benjamin?”

Yahweh answered, “Go fight them!”

24 On the second day the Israelite troops advanced against Benjamin. 25 Benjamin went out from Gibeah to meet them. This time they slaughtered 18,000 men from Israel who were armed with swords. 26 Then all the men of Israel and all the troops went to Bethel. They sat there and cried in the presence of Yahweh and fasted that day until evening. Then they sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to Yahweh.

27 In those days the ark of Elohim’s promise was at Bethel. 28 (Phinehas, son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, served in front of it.) So the people of Israel asked Yahweh, “Should we continue to wage war against our close relatives, the men of Benjamin? Or should we stop?”

Yahweh answered, “Go! Tomorrow I will hand them over to you.”

29 Then Israel placed troops in ambush around Gibeah. 30 On the third day the men of Israel went to fight the men of Benjamin. They formed their battle line facing Gibeah as they did before. 31 The men of Benjamin went out to attack Israel’s troops and were led away from the city. They started to inflict casualties as before. They killed about 30 men from Israel in the open country and on the roads to Bethel and Gibeah. 32 The men of Benjamin shouted, “They’re defeated as before!”

But the men of Israel had said, “Let’s flee in order to lead them from the city to the roads.” 33 So the men of Israel left their positions. They formed their battle line at Baal Tamar. Meanwhile, those waiting in ambush rushed from their position to the west of Gibeah. 34 Then 10,000 of Israel’s best men attacked Gibeah. The battle was fierce. But Benjamin’s men didn’t realize their own evil was about to overtake them. 35 So Yahweh defeated them in front of Israel. On that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 men from Benjamin who were armed with swords. 36 Then the men of Benjamin realized they were defeated.

The Israelites had allowed the men of Benjamin to take back some ground. The Israelites relied on those waiting in ambush near Gibeah. 37 The men in ambush quickly charged toward Gibeah. They spread out in the city and killed everyone. 38 The men of Israel had arranged with those waiting in ambush that they would make a big column of smoke rise from the city as a signal. 39 Then the men of Israel would turn around in the battle.

The men of Benjamin had already killed about 30 men of Israel. They even said, “Israel is completely defeated, just like in the first battle.”

40 But when the column of smoke started to rise from the city, the men of Benjamin turned around and saw the whole city going up in smoke. 41 Then the men of Israel turned around, and the men of Benjamin panicked. They realized that their evil had overtaken them. 42 They turned in front of Israel toward the road to the desert. But the battle caught up with the men of Benjamin. Israel slaughtered whoever came out of the cities on the road to the desert. 43 They closed in on the men of Benjamin and pursued them without stopping. They overtook them east of Gibeah. 44 There were 18,000 experienced men from Benjamin who died in battle. 45 The others turned and fled into the desert to Rimmon Rock. But the men of Israel killed 5,000 more on the roads. They caught up with another 2,000 and killed them near Gidom. 46 In all, 25,000 men from Benjamin who were armed with swords were killed that day. They were all experienced men.

47 But 600 men turned and fled into the desert to Rimmon Rock. They stayed at Rimmon Rock for four months.

48 Then the men of Israel went back to attack the rest of the territory of Benjamin. They killed all the people and cattle they found in every city. They also burned down every city they came to.

Footnotes:

  1. Judges 19:1 A concubine is considered a wife except she has fewer rights under the law.
  2. Judges 20:4 A concubine is considered a wife except she has fewer rights under the law.
  3. Judges 20:9 Hebrew meaning uncertain.
  4. Judges 20:10 Or “10 out of every battalion, 100 out of every regiment, and 1,000 out of every company.”
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John 3:22-4:3

John the Baptizer Talks about Christ

22 Later, Yeshua and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them and baptized people. 23 John was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim. Water was plentiful there. (People came to John to be baptized, 24 since John had not yet been put in prison.)

25 Some of John’s disciples had an argument with a Jew about purification ceremonies. 26 So they went to John and asked him, “Rabbi, do you remember the man you spoke so favorably about when he was with you on the other side of the Jordan River? Well, he’s baptizing, and everyone is going to him!”

27 John answered, “People can’t receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven. 28 You are witnesses that I said, ‘I’m not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of him.’

29 “The groom is the person to whom the bride belongs. The best man, who stands and listens to him, is overjoyed when the groom speaks. This is the joy that I feel. 30 He must increase in importance, while I must decrease in importance.

31 “The person who comes from above is superior to everyone. I, a person from the earth, know nothing but what is on earth, and that’s all I can talk about. The person who comes from heaven is superior to everyone 32 and tells what he has seen and heard. Yet, no one accepts what he says. 33 I have accepted what that person said, and I have affirmed that God is truthful. 34 The man whom God has sent speaks God’s message. After all, God gives him the Spirit without limit. 35 The Father loves his Son and has put everything in his power. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, he will see God’s constant anger.”

A Samaritan Woman Meets Jesus at a Well

Yeshua knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John. (Actually, Yeshua was not baptizing people. His disciples were.) So he left the Judean countryside and went back to Galilee.

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Psalm 104:24-35

24 What a large number of things you have made, O Yahweh!
You made them all by wisdom.
The earth is filled with your creatures.
25 The sea is so big and wide with countless creatures,
living things both large and small.
26 Ships sail on it,
and Leviathan,[a] which you made, plays in it.
27 All of them look to you to give them their food at the right time.
28 You give it to them, and they gather it up.
You open your hand, and they are filled with blessings.
29 You hide your face, and they are terrified.
You take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.
30 You send out your Ruach, and they are created.
You renew the face of the earth.

31 May the glory of Yahweh endure forever.
May Yahweh find joy in what he has made.
32 He looks at the earth, and it trembles.
He touches the mountains, and they smoke.
33 I will sing to Yahweh throughout my life.
I will make music to praise my Elohim as long as I live.
34 May my thoughts be pleasing to him.
I will find joy in Yahweh.
35 May sinners vanish from the world.
May there no longer be any wicked people.
Praise Yahweh, my soul!

Hallelujah!

Footnotes:

  1. Psalm 104:26 Hebrew meaning uncertain.
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Proverbs 14:22-24

22 Don’t those who stray plan what is evil,
while those who are merciful and faithful plan what is good?
23 In hard work there is always something gained,
but idle talk leads only to poverty.
24 The crown of wise people is their wealth.
The stupidity of fools is just that—stupidity!

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